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The Anatomy of Anger
» Thursday 15 April 2010 | 5 pm
» The Bohemian Café, 524 Bernard Avenue
An informal afternoon hour showcasing ideas
and people in the Okanagan creative economy. One of a series re-examining the Seven Deadly Sins. Join us as social welfare advocates Micki Smith and Mike Gladman share their experiences on the front lines and what they've learned from them.
» $2 at the door. Refreshments are available at a modest cost.
» Seating is limited, please reserve yours HERE
Why We're Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take This Anymore
The words anger and rage are often imagined to be at opposite ends of an emotional continuum, mild irritation and annoyance at one end and fury or murderous rage at the other. The two are inextricably linked in the English language with one referring to the other in most dictionary definitions. Modern psychologists view anger as a primary, natural, and mature emotion experienced by all humans at times, and as something that has functional value for survival. Anger can mobilize psychological resources for corrective action. Uncontrolled anger can, however, negatively affect personal or social well-being.
Sue Parker Hall, in her controversial book Anger, Rage and Relationship: An Empathic Approach to Anger Management, conceptualises anger as a positive, pure and constructive emotion, that is always respectful of others; only ever utilised to protect the self on physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual dimensions in relationships. She argues that anger originates at age 18 months to 3 years in order to provide the motivation and energy for the individuation developmental stage whereby a child begins to separate from their carers and assert their differences. Anger emerges at the same time as thinking is developing and therefore it is possible to access cognitive abilities and feel anger at the same time.
In the 1976 Academy Award winning movie Network, Howard Beale (Peter Finch) utters a line for a generation, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore". Being "mad as hell" is obviously a complex phenomenon. It can lead to positive change in society and in personal relationships and it can lead to violence and destruction in those same relationships.
On Thursday, April 8th at 5 pm the ongoing weekly Okanagan Institute Express series at the Bohemian Café presents The Anatomy of Anger, one of a series examining the Seven Deadly Sins. Join us as social welfare advocates Micki Smith and Mike Gladman share their experiences on the front lines and what they've learned from them.
How does anger get expressed in our society? What are its effects? Are men and women different in what they get angry about and the ways they express it? What helps? What kind of anger will our culture tolerate? What are the benefits? The two resource people will share what they've witnessed about the expression of anger in our society.
 Mike Gladman, M. Ed. (Counselling Psychology), R.N., AAMFT Clinical Member, has worked as a family therapist at the Kelowna Family Centre for 14 years, counselling adults, families and couples. He has also facilitated several Parenting groups and Men's Anger Management groups. Mike was a member for several years of a multi-agency committee in Kelowna that promoted healthy fathering. He is currently on the Board of the Ending Relationship Abuse Society of BC. Prior to his working at the Kelowna Family Centre, Mike worked in Child and Youth Mental Health, and as a registered nurse in both adult and child psychiatry.
Mike's unique contribution to the Okanagan is in facilitating the Kelowna Family Centre's "Men's Drop-In Relationship Group" weekly for the last 14 years. Men who have recently separated or have conflict in their existing relationships often experience anger, hurt, frustration, feelings of powerlessness, and perceptions of injustice in relation to their partners or ex-partners. The Relationship Group offers support to men in dealing with these relationship challenges in respectful, non-reactive ways. A primary goal of this group is to reduce the risk for men and for their female partners and ex-partners, during periods of relationship distress.
Micki Smith has worked at the Kelowna Women's Resource Centre since 1991. She had always wanted to be part of promoting positive social change - wanting to make the world a better place. Through the Kelowna Women's Resource Centre she was able find her voice and has been supported to use that voice for many years.
As the Coordinator of the Women's Centre, Micki has developed a variety of skills over the past 19 years. Some of her skills include administrative, research, analytical, writing, advocacy, facilitation, and speaking. She has designed and implemented a number of educational workshops and a variety of projects designed to create greater awareness and understanding of issues impacting women.
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The Anatomy of Anger takes place at the Bohemian Café. This marks the 134th event the Okanagan Institute has held since the Express series got underway in July 2007.
Express has played host to many Okanagan luminaries, including former deputy secretary general of Amnesty International Derek Evans, artists Lee Claremont and Gary Pearson, BC Book Award nominee Don Gayton, CBC Literary prize winner poet Harold Rhenisch, distinguished editor and author Jim Taylor, poet laureate and professor John Lent, creative entrepreneur Nikos Theodosakis, animator and filmmaker Jim Cliffe, community activist Don Elzer, dancer David LaHay, architect Jim Meiklejohn, culinary artist and writer Heidi Noble, broadcaster Marion Barschel and many others from a wide range of creative fields.
The Okanagan Institute is a group of creative professionals that has gathered around the goal of providing events, publications and services of interest to enquiring minds in the Okanagan. We partner with individuals, organizations, institutions and businesses to achieve optimal creative and social impact.
Our mission is to ignite cultural transformation, catalyze collaborative action, build networks and foster sustainable creative enterprises. We invite the participation by all members of the creative community.
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