9653L • Mastering Anger Management in Adults with ADHD: Evidence-Based Strategies for Clinicians

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9653L • Mastering Anger Management in Adults with ADHD: Evidence-Based Strategies for Clinicians

How to Receive Credit

Course Overview

Audience

Accreditations & Approvals

Designations of Credit

Individual State Behavioral Health Approvals

Course Objective

Learning Objectives

Faculty

Faculty Disclosure

Division Planners

Division Planners Disclosure

Director of Development and Academic Affairs

Director Disclosure Statement

About the Sponsor

Disclosure Statement

Implicit Bias in Health Care

1. INTRODUCTION

2. WEBINAR

3. WORKBOOK

Works Cited

9653L • Mastering Anger Management in Adults with ADHD: Evidence-Based Strategies for Clinicians

Joel Kouame, LCSW, MBA, CAMS-II

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This live event takes place Friday, February 27, 4 pm-7 pm EST (1 pm-4 pm PST).

Adults with ADHD frequently encounter challenges with executive functioning that impede self-regulation and increase the propensity for anger. This presentation examines how these deficits disrupt not only emotional regulation but also the execution of daily tasks—stemming from inattention, difficulties in initiating tasks, dysregulation when tasks lack sufficient stimulation, and time blindness. Consequently, uncompleted tasks lead to recurring episodes of frustration that are internalized, heightening vulnerability to future triggers, and often resulting in self-directed anger for having ADHD. Drawing on evidence-based interventions, this workshop integrates multiple theoretical frameworks—including parts work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), metacognitive approaches, somatic work, and the constraint-led approach—to provide clinicians with a comprehensive toolkit.

9653L • Mastering Anger Management in Adults with ADHD: Evidence-Based Strategies for Clinicians

Education Category. Webinars

Release Date. 01/01/2026

Expiration Date. 03/15/2026

How to Receive Credit

To complete this course for continuing education credit please go to http://www.netce.com/course/3335 in your browser.

For assistance with receiving continuing education credit, please contact us at help@netce.com.

Course Overview

This live event takes place Friday, February 27, 4 pm-7 pm EST (1 pm-4 pm PST).

Adults with ADHD frequently encounter challenges with executive functioning that impede self-regulation and increase the propensity for anger. This presentation examines how these deficits disrupt not only emotional regulation but also the execution of daily tasks—stemming from inattention, difficulties in initiating tasks, dysregulation when tasks lack sufficient stimulation, and time blindness. Consequently, uncompleted tasks lead to recurring episodes of frustration that are internalized, heightening vulnerability to future triggers, and often resulting in self-directed anger for having ADHD. Drawing on evidence-based interventions, this workshop integrates multiple theoretical frameworks—including parts work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), metacognitive approaches, somatic work, and the constraint-led approach—to provide clinicians with a comprehensive toolkit.

Audience

This live webinar is designed for mental and behavioral health professionals caring for adult clients with ADHD.

Accreditations & Approvals

NetCE has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6361. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NetCE is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. As a Jointly Accredited Organization, NetCE is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. NetCE is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). NetCE complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, NetCE is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0021. This course is considered live online by the New York State Board of Mental Health Counseling. NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0033. This course is considered live online, as defined by the New York State Board for Social Work. Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work in New York. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice for an LMSW and LCSW. A licensee who practices beyond the authorized scope of practice could be charged with unprofessional conduct under the Education Law and Regents Rules. NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0015. This course is considered live online by the New York State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy. NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0240. This course is considered live online by the New York State Board for Psychology.

Designations of Credit

NetCE designates this live event continuing education activity for 3 NBCC clock hour(s). NetCE designates this live event activity for 3 continuing education clock hours. Social workers participating in this intermediate to advanced course will receive 3 Cultural Competency continuing education clock hours. NetCE is authorized by IACET to offer 0.3 CEU(s) for this program. NetCE designates this continuing education activity for 3 credit(s).

Individual State Behavioral Health Approvals

In addition to states that accept ASWB, NetCE is approved as a provider of continuing education by the following state boards: Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners, Provider #0515; Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, CE Broker Provider #50-2405; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Social Workers, License #159.001094; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Licensed Professional and Clinical Counselors, License #197.000185; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Marriage and Family Therapists, License #168.000190;

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to equip clinicians with the practical tools needed to support clients in overcoming these challenges, enabling them to lead more balanced and fulfilling lives .

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. Discuss the neuropsychology of anger and how it manifests.

2. Explain the neuropsychology of ADHD, how it manifests in people, and why anger and ADHD can exacerbate each other.

3. Discuss the difficulty of anger management for a person with ADHD.

4. Discuss strategies to aid in managing anger and ADHD.

Faculty

Joel Kouame, LCSW, MBA, CAMS-II, is a licensed psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and founder of JK Counseling—a virtual group practice specializing in a variety of stress disorders. He is well trained in a number of evidence-based approaches including EMDR, IFS, Ego State, and the Gottman Method. When he is not practicing, he is serving as a social science professor, teaching a myriad of courses on human behavior. In addition, he is the founder and writer of The Shworker, a newsletter that examines social issues through a clinical lens.

Faculty Disclosure

Contributing faculty, Joel Kouame, LCSW, MBA, CAMS-II, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Division Planners

Scott Deatherage, PhD

Kimberly Byrd, EdD, LMSW

Division Planners Disclosure

The division planners have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Director of Development and Academic Affairs

Sarah Campbell

Director Disclosure Statement

The Director of Development and Academic Affairs has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

About the Sponsor

The purpose of NetCE is to provide challenging curricula to assist healthcare professionals to raise their levels of expertise while fulfilling their continuing education requirements, thereby improving the quality of healthcare.

Our contributing faculty members have taken care to ensure that the information and recommendations are accurate and compatible with the standards generally accepted at the time of publication. The publisher disclaims any liability, loss or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents. Participants are cautioned about the potential risk of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into practice.

Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of NetCE not to accept commercial support. Furthermore, commercial interests are prohibited from distributing or providing access to this activity to learners.

Implicit Bias in Health Care

The role of implicit biases on healthcare outcomes has become a concern, as there is some evidence that implicit biases contribute to health disparities, professionals' attitudes toward and interactions with patients, quality of care, diagnoses, and treatment decisions. This may produce differences in help-seeking, diagnoses, and ultimately treatments and interventions. Implicit biases may also unwittingly produce professional behaviors, attitudes, and interactions that reduce patients' trust and comfort with their provider, leading to earlier termination of visits and/or reduced adherence and follow-up. Disadvantaged groups are marginalized in the healthcare system and vulnerable on multiple levels; health professionals' implicit biases can further exacerbate these existing disadvantages.

Interventions or strategies designed to reduce implicit bias may be categorized as change-based or control-based. Change-based interventions focus on reducing or changing cognitive associations underlying implicit biases. These interventions might include challenging stereotypes. Conversely, control-based interventions involve reducing the effects of the implicit bias on the individual's behaviors. These strategies include increasing awareness of biased thoughts and responses. The two types of interventions are not mutually exclusive and may be used synergistically.

1. INTRODUCTION

Dive deep into the complex interplay between adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), executive dysfunction, and anger. This practical workshop explores how inattention, task initiation difficulties, dysregulation, and time blindness contribute to daily frustrations, internalized anger, and heightened trigger sensitivity in adults with ADHD. Clinicians will gain a comprehensive understanding of this cycle and learn to apply an integrated therapeutic model drawing from Parts Work, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), metacognitive approaches, somatic work, and the Constraint-Led Approach.

2. WEBINAR

To see this media go to http://www.NetCE.com/activities/ using a browser that supports Adobe Flash.

3. WORKBOOK

The workbook discussed in this webinar is available here.

Works Cited

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9. Quessy F, Bittar T, Blanchette LJ, Lévesque M, Labonté B. Stress-induced alterations of mesocortical and mesolimbic dopaminergic pathways. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):1-13.

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