MOTHERS’ GROUP PROGRAM Michele Paddon Program Developer/Manual Author

STRATEGIES:
Discuss the origins of women’s perceptions and feelings
about anger – reclaiming anger as a healthy and mobilizing
emotion
Establish link between the experience of abuse, and
misconceptions about anger –
Group Activity:
“The Difference Between Anger and Abuse”
Support women in redefining anger in healthy ways
Explore ways mothers can support children in understanding
their experience of anger, and how to express it in healthy
ways –
“What Mothers Want Children To Think About Anger”