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What is the Anger Diary worksheet?
The anger diary worksheet is a two-page entry form for one angry episode at a time, dated and timed. It moves from the situation, through ‘What specifically triggered your anger?’ and a 1 to 10 intensity rating, to physical sensations, thoughts, the reaction and its consequences.
How to use the Anger Diary worksheet
Send it home as homework, and ask for one entry per episode rather than a nightly summary. The prompts run in a fixed order. The situation and ‘What specifically triggered your anger?’ come before any rating, so the trigger is described before it is judged. Your clients can leave the final two prompts, on what they would do differently and which strategies to use next time, until the anger has settled.
Anger Diary Worksheet Download – What’s Included
Two printable pages, not fillable. An instruction line at the top asks the client to find a quiet, private space and to write soon after the episode. Page one covers the situation, the trigger, a 1 to 10 anger rating and physical sensations. Page two covers thoughts, the immediate reaction, the short and longer-term consequences, what they would do differently and future strategies. Every prompt carries a worked example.
Why this worksheet helps
Track and reflect on anger patterns with this Anger Diary, a key tool in your anger management worksheets for self-monitoring and improvement.
