Running time 1hr 17 mins

This webinar explores why some children and teenagers relate to the world through anger or violence. The presenter will examine the impact of witnessing domestic abuse, living with unresolved trauma, experiencing emotional neglect or loss, harsh discipline, and bullying. Such experiences can repeatedly activate the brain’s RAGE system until, as Bruce Perry observes, “emotional states become personality traits.”

Importantly, the webinar will focus on how to interrupt the trajectory from childhood adversity to violent behaviour, and how to reach the hurt child within, who has used anger as protection from pain. There will be discussion of creative and effective ways to help young people process their past, rebuild trust, and move from reactive anger to reflection, grief, and the ability to receive comfort—often for the first time.

Case studies from organisations and individual practitioners will offer moving, real-world examples showing that transformational change is truly possible.