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How To Quickly Diffuse Another Person's Anger (Udemy.com)

Learn the powerful and effective Five Step Process to effectively de-escalate an angry confrontation

Created by: Silvia Wright-Davies

Last updated April 2026

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What you will learn

  • Master skills to calm an angry person down
  • Learn to identify the root cause of a person's anger
  • Develop the skills to work toward an amicable resolution
  • Prevent verbal assaults from escalating out of control
  • Freedom from reacting defensively to other people's outbursts
  • Reduce the intensity of a confrontation
  • Enjoy improved relationships
  • Gain greater self-awareness and life skills
  • Reduce stress levels
  • Enjoy greater sense of peace
  • Gain the respect of others
  • Be a role model

How it compares

Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
  • Reviews5,917#68 of 393 by number of reviews
  • Length1.6 hoursshorter than 59% of them
  • Last updatedApril 2026more recently than 76% of them

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Course Description

This course teaches the 5 key steps that you need to follow when you are confronted by an angry person. There are certain strategies, tools, and techniques you need to use in order to effectively calm an angry person down, and certain approaches you must avoid at all costs.

You will learn what changes take place to a person who becomes angry and why it is so important to calm that person down before you try to enter into conversation with them. This course teaches you how to do this. The steps shared in this course are often taught to customer service staff.

Take on board the learnings, and practice in a safe environment, and you've be amazed and delighted with your new found confidence and abilities when next having to deal with an angry person.

My suggestion is not to rush your way through this course. Systematically practice the different strategies as you are introduced to them. For this you will need a partner - ideally somebody who is good at pretending they are angry! Practicing in a safe environment will prepare you for a real event.

Please Note: this course covers practical steps you can follow and the content is presented in layman terms. It is not designed for health professionals who most probably already have covered anger management as part of their training. Nor is this a Conflict Resolution course; this would be far more in-depth and would incorporate a small component on anger management.

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Instructor Details

Silvia Wright-Davies

Silvia Wright-Davies is a Business Improvement Specialist, Performance Coach, educator, and author with extensive experience helping individuals and organisations improve performance, communication, and business results.

Over the course of her career, Silvia has worked in several countries and owned a number of diverse businesses, giving her a practical understanding of the opportunities and challenges faced by business owners, managers, and professionals.

Since 2000, Silvia has trained managers, leaders, teams, and organisations across Australia and New Zealand, working with both large corporations and smaller businesses. Her teaching combines practical experience with proven strategies that students can apply immediately to strengthen leadership, communication, conflict resolution, personality awareness, and overall business performance.

Silvia is the author of several books and a range of popular online courses. She is committed to delivering practical, straightforward learning that is engaging, relevant, and immediately useful. Her goal is to equip students with skills they can apply with confidence to achieve meaningful and lasting results.

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Reviews

4.5

5,917 ratings on Udemy

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By Cassandra Jamieson on 5/29/2026

I think this is a very useful course and great to help dealing with angry/upset people. I want to suggest ensuring the audio quality/volume is equalized for the entire course. I had times where it was harder to hear and times where it was much louder on my speaker. I also noticed the first few quizzes were placed before the content was reviewed, instead of at the end of the content the questions pertained to.

By Diane Jacoby on 11/14/2025

I enjoyed this training and found the discussion encompassing personal and business a very good combination. I thought the instructor was very clear at presenting and she had great summaries at the end. The downloadable guide bade this 5 stars for me.

By Ifeyinwa Idegu on 11/15/2020

inpactful

By Shirlene Stewart-North on 10/26/2020

Yes! It's a good match. Not that I get angry often with my co-worker, family and feiends.

By Lilian Kanaizah on 10/24/2020

very relevant

By Jayanti Athalye on 10/24/2020

Good.

By Lindiwe on 10/2/2020

Am much more equipped to deal with difficult situations of anger.

By Brianna Billups on 9/20/2020

I got a lot out of this course

By Alexander A Wiafe on 9/18/2020

Amazing

By Dario LLano on 9/18/2020

This cours is a very practical cours not only for the work it's for the live thank you so much Silvya

By Sierra Gadie on 9/10/2020

It was helpful to know an Learn some techniques an alternative actions to use

By William Padden on 9/9/2020

Learned several ways of creating new behavior when I am confronted

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Overall Score : 90 / 100