On becoming a person: Activities to help children with their anger

The increase in the number of therapeutic and counselling approaches available to counsellors or practitioners today has provided them with more effective ways to work with clients than ever before. But the variety of treatment techniques has also created confusion and uncertainty. Practitioners are sometimes unsure about which approach will be the most successful for their clients, how well different approaches will work together, or when to switch from one approach to another over the course of treatment (Howard, Nance & Myers, 1987). This article presents a practical, easy‐to‐understand multimodal model that provides practitioners with a framework they can use within a person‐centered philosophy to meet the needs of children with anger and to assess the diverse environment in which they function. The flexible and adaptive therapy model offers counsellors a practical way to identify special treatment issues and problems (e.g. the session outline provided is but one possible plan out of many), specifically tailor therapy to clients’ needs, and redirect therapy when it reaches an impasse or when unfamiliar problems arise.