Anger control training is the emotion-oriented component of ART. It aims to enhance the self-control, reduction, or management of anger and aggression. Clients' are trained to respond to provocations ("hassles") not with anger but with a chain of responses focusing on "triggers - external events and internal appraisals that function as one's anger stimuli; cues - kinesthetic or other physiological sensations or experiences signifying one's anger arousal; reducers - arousal lowering techniques such as backward counting, deep breathing, peaceful imagery and reflection on long term consequences; reminders - self-instructional statements designed to reinterpret and defuse internal triggers; use of appropriate Skillstreaming alternatives to anger or aggression; self-evaluation - the use and results obtained in the previous steps in the anger control sequence. 

Moral reasoning training is the cognitive component of ART and exposes client's to a series of moral dilemmas to promote social moral development.

Aggression Replacement Training is designed to promote prosocial behavior in chronically aggressive and violent adolescents. It is implemented for assaultive, hostile adolescents who pose severe, disruptive behaviors in their communities. It is designed to teach juveniles to control their impulses and take perspectives other than their own. The main goal is to reduce aggression and violence among youths by providing them with opportunities to learn positive social skills in place of aggressive behavior. ART provides cognitive, affective and behavioral interventions to build competence in social skills, anger control, and moral reasoning.