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Abstract: Therapists are increasingly treating clients with anger and^ aggression problems. Issues
of anger control are now being addressed^ across various mental health settings. A wide choice of
interventions,^ providing a range of psychoeducational treatments, is available^ for mental health
therapists to help clients with anger and^ aggressive behaviors and emotions. In light of this
increase^ in treatment, evidence-based practice to guide therapists is^ currently limited and poorly
developed. Most past studies on^ anger and aggression have focused on treatments containing
components^ of cognitive and behavioral aspects or a combination of the^ two. Adherents of other
theoretical orientations—such^ as psychodynamic, psychoeducational, substance abuse counseling,^
and relaxation therapy—as possible effective interventions^ have empirically not examined their
efficacies, and hence little^ information is known about the overall contribution of these^
approaches to the reduction of anger. This lack of research^ should not be taken to mean that they
are not efficacious, but^ only that they have not been adequately tested. There remains^ no clear