• Anderson & Anderson Certified Anger Management Facilitator Logo Program
  
  Anderson & Anderson, the largest provider of Certified Anger Management Facilitator training in the world, provides Certified Anger Management Facilitators (C.A.M.F) with a new logo.  Certified Providers are now able to identify themselves using a widely recognizable and highly regarded professional designation.  Certified Providers should visit our Certified Logo page to view the new Anderson & Anderson ^® logo, and for instructions on adding the CAMF logo to your website.  Consumers should look for the C.A.M.F designation and logo when identifying and selecting an anger management facilitator.
   
• Anderson and Anderson Faculty Member an Invited Panelist for Fifth Annual Public Defender’s Juvenile Justice Summit: “Less Talk, More Action: Solutions for Safe Schools and Safe Streets”
  
  Anderson and Anderson Anger Management/Emotional Intelligence consultant and faculty member, T. L. Wentz, Ph.D., was an invited panelist who participated in the Fifth Annual Public Defender’s Juvenile Justice Summit in San Francisco, May 14, 2008, hosted by Mr. Jeffrey Adachi, Director, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. This year’s theme for the conference was “Less Talk, More Action: Solutions for Safe Schools and Safe Streets” and focused upon reducing violence in San Francisco’s schools and high-risk communities among students.
  
  The host, Mr. Adachi, in his conference-opening remarks, made special note and “thanked Mr. George Anderson, Executive Director of Anderson and Anderson Anger Management, the world’s largest provider of Anger Management/Emotional Intelligence training for the presence and participation of his consultant, Dr. Tom Wentz, an expert on Anger Management and emotional intelligence.”
  
  The keynote speaker, Dr. Francisco Reveles, Professor of Educational Leadership and Senior faculty member at CSU – Sacramento, as well as a nationally recognized leader, curriculum author, and most recently, film producer in the areas of resilience and risk-taking youth in the prevention of Latino school dropouts. Dr. Reveles, a former youth migrant worker in the agricultural fields from Texas to California, stressed the importance of “empowerment of Latino youths, and, of all young men and women, to set their sights beyond the barrio and to determine their own futures; to search beyond where they are on the streets ask themselves, does what I do have self-respect?” Dr. Reveles concluded his remarks with the high expectations he places on all his students and Latino youth and to do the same for themselves.”
  
  The panelists included Margaret Brodkin, State Director DCYF; Carlos Garcia, Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District; Nathaniel Ford, MTA Director; Angela Chan, J.D., Director, Asian Law Project; James Dierke, Middle School Principal of Visitation Valley Middle School and the National Middle School Principal of the Year, 2007; and Captain Marsha Ashe, San Francisco Police Department.
  
  Dr. Wentz, representative of Anderson and Anderson Anger Management/Emotional Intelligence services, Brentwood, CA, drew the first ovation from the audience of approximately 300 San Franciscans and fellow panelists when he said:
  
  “The Anderson and Anderson model of Anger Management/Emotional Intelligence is the only anger management skills building curriculum recognized by the California courts and penal system as effective in producing positive, individual change. Thirty years ago, Mr. Anderson recognized a need and continues to fulfill that need today. However, in order to appreciate Mr. Anderson’s efforts to help others, I would like to share something about Mr. Anderson with all of you.
  
  Mr. Anderson is a 70 year old Black man who grew-up in Mississippi during World War II and has experienced things no person should ever have to endure. He was diagnosed as mentally retarded before Special Education even existed. Later, Mr. Anderson was one of six, non-medical professionals invited to attend Harvard Medical School’s training for psychiatrists. It is Mr. Anderson’s belief that we human beings share one unifying quality – emotions! Religion, economic and political systems as well as cultures do not unify us, in fact, these institutions have served to drive us further apart. It is in our emotions that we find our humanness, and as a result of our shared emotions, it is our humanness that offers the hope of unifying all of us!
  
  I wish to extend Mr. Anderson’s apologies for not being here today. He is with his family celebrating his son and his son’s graduation from college. He sends his apologies to all of you.
  
  Today, I was going to talk about the Anderson and Anderson Anger Management/ Emotional Intelligence curriculum and training, but given the direction and compelling discussion around the need to end violence in the schools and education in particular what I would like to say is this: I have been around education for over 30 years as a special education teacher, researcher, and an assistant professor of education. And, I have to say, we educators have missed the point for these past 30 years.
  
  We educators know how to teach math and science – we have made a science out of teaching math and science! But where we have failed is we have not taught children about themselves! Specifically, we have not taught our students about their feelings, how to identify them, what names to give their feelings and most importantly, we have not taught our children how to express their feelings appropriately! We have not taught our children their humanness!
  
  I am moved by this entire conference and the overwhelming nature of the problem of school violence to share a personal experience. As well as being an educator, I am also an alcohol and drug counselor. I came to California six years ago to provide alcohol and drug counseling treatment to professionals – doctors, lawyers, airline pilots in the Betty Ford Center’s Professionals in Recovery Program.
  
  Where I came from was the Midwest. Ten years ago I was a counselor and director; actually I was the entire counseling department for a Native American therapeutic school in North Dakota. We had approximately 260 students, 4th through 8th grade. Ninety percent (90%) of our students were already in the juvenile justice system, 75% were on Special Education IEPs, 64% screened positive for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, and 90% were addicted to alcohol and other drugs; mind you – these children were 4th through 8th graders!
  
  The commonality between these kids and the professionals, the impaired physicians and attorneys, at the Betty Ford Center was this – they all did not have a clue about their feelings! In treatment, regardless who I am working with, where I have to start with everyone is the recognition and awareness of feelings and then, how to express those feelings appropriately!
  
  In anger management/emotional intelligence where we start is with the recognition and awareness of feelings primarily – anger, then how to express that feelings appropriately! When we teach about emotional intelligence, we teach specifically about how to identify and express empathy, compassion, cooperation and forgiveness to ourselves, then for others!
  
  Nationally, there is a movement in education called Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Presently, one state, Illinois, has mandated and generated learning objectives for teacher education and curriculum requirements for students, kindergarten through senior high school on social and emotional learning. Now, according to Mr. Adachi, Texas has passed a law requiring all students in middle schools and high schools to take coursework on Anger Management for graduation. Clearly, SEL programs in the form of anger management/emotional intelligence for all students is one part of the solution for San Francisco.
  
  The second speaker, who received an ovation from the audience, was Angela Chan, J.D. Executive Director of the Asian Law Project and Harvard Law School Honors Graduate. Ms. Chan eloquently addressed the need for an end to interracial violence stemming from people of color against other people of color through interagency cooperation and a seamless delivery of services and support for all people!
  
  The morning session ended with a series of questions of the members of the panel from the large, and diverse audience. Superintendent Garcia fielded a series of questions concerning specific operations of the school district and responded citing the current financial and budgeting crisis in California stating there was no money for existing programs let alone adding new programs such as SEL. Dr. Wentz of Anderson and Anderson was given the final response of the morning and stated:
  
  No new monies are needed for the initiation of anger management/emotional intelligence programs for the school district. The monies saved from not suspending or the expulsion of students due to misbehavior and the retention of ADA funds could be channeled into such a program especially for “At risk” students. Students on suspension learn nothing that we want them to learn and the school district loses $49.00 per day per student.
  
  However, by keeping those students in school and enrolling them in an anger management/emotional intelligence skills development course, the school district keeps the ADA funds and the students, the school and the district may benefit!
  
  In fact, based upon a meta-analysis of 288,000 students participating in SEL programs nation- wide, funded by the W.T. Grant Foundation and conducted by the Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), the results and changes in individual students, their classrooms, their schools and their communities have been significant and positive – behaviorally and academically! Learning about feelings, emotional intelligence, and how to express feelings appropriately helps students gain self- confidence, reduces stress and violence, creates classroom harmony, increases academic achievement in all academic areas and overall – contributes to safer and saner schools!
  
  One very interesting finding, of the meta-analysis that has implications for ‘how to’ implement an SEL program, is the finding that students who received their anger management/emotional intelligence skills curriculum from a teacher within the school scored higher (improved behaviorally and academically) in all areas compared to those students who were taught these skills by an expert or an outsider. However, both groups who received the SEL training showed significant increases in school performance and positive behavioral outcomes compared to the control groups!
  
  Regardless, given the social conditions described here today in the violence among students, violence among racial groups and by gangs against everyone else – we seem long past the point where we have any choice left but to teach our children how to live with themselves and with each other.
  
  Dr. T.L. Wentz
  www.andersonservices.com
  Training Faculty, Anderson & Anderson
  
  
• An Open Letter to JCAHO, Hospital H.R. Managers/Administrators
  
  As the Nation’s largest provider of Executive Coaching/Anger Management for Physicians, Anderson & Anderson is committed to advocating for the Best Practices in providing mandated or volunteer services for “disruptive physicians”. With this goal in mind, we would like to bring to your attention an evasive tactic currently being used by some physicians to avoid enrollment in Coaching Programs designed exclusively for “disruptive physicians”.
  
  Some physicians are enrolling in on-line or Home Study Classes, which are presented in a Self-Help format unrelated to Medical Professionals or Health Care Organizations. These classes are in no way consistent with JCAHO standards and should not be accepted.
  
  The two legitimate providers of intervention for “disruptive physicians” are: Management for Healthcare Professionals at the University of San Diego School of Medicine, and Anderson & Anderson^®.
  
  The Anderson & Anderson class is available at our Brentwood office or on-site anywhere in the United States. This class is consistent with the new Joint Commission requirements for abusive physicians. The Anderson & Anderson^® Anger Management/Executive Coaching program is listed in the Directory of Physician Assessment And Remedial Education Programs, Federation of State Medical Boards.
  
  For more information, visit our website at www.andersonservices.com or contact our office at 310-207-3591.
  
  George Anderson, MSW, BCD, CAMF, CEAP
  Diplomate, American Association of Anger Management Providers
  Anderson & Anderson®, The Trusted Name in Anger Management
  http://www.andersonservices.com
  http://www.aaamp.org
  http://www.linkedin.com/in/geoanderson
  http://www.anger-management-resources.org
   
• Continuing Education for Anderson & Anderson Providers
  
  In order to maintain your status as an Anderson & Anderson Certified Anger Management Provider, it is necessary that you complete 16 hours per year of continuing education through Anderson & Anderson.
  
  We now have two new courses. One has been structured around our popular DVD, “Gaining Control of Ourselves”. This DVD contains a powerful, comprehensive review of the Conover Assessment, as well as nine detailed lessons from the client workbook and the Conover Assessment. The information contained on this DVD will enhance the facilitator’s ability to convincingly teach each lesson in the Anderson & Anderson Curriculum.
  
  "A Day Away From Stress" is our latest DVD for use with our curriculum. This DVD is one of the most effective tools for teaching stress management for individual coaching as well as anger management groups.
  
  "Session One" features anger management guru, George Anderson. It is a demonstration of how an Anderson & Anderson anger management group is facilitated. This DVD is excellent for use with new clients at intake, as well as a review for facilitators and marketing purposes.
  
  Each of these DVDs will come with questions that must be answered by each provider and returned to Anderson & Anderson for the continuing education certificate. Each DVD will count for 8 ceus.
  
  The Cost: $280 per Continuing Education DVD. Each DVD certifies up to four facilitators for continuing education credits (8).
  
  These DVDs can be purchased through our on-line store or by contacting our office at 310-207-3591.
  
  
• My Experience with George Anderson, World Renowned Provider of Anger Management
  
  I am a retired physician who decided to enter the teaching world and required extensive training and certification in Anger Management. After a lengthy search for sources for this training, I chose Anderson and Anderson’s program because Professor George Anderson, a former member of the staff of UCLA, is the foremost leader and world-renowned expert and writer in Anger Management.
  
  Last week I attended the Certification and Training Workshop in Anger Management presented by Professor Anderson in Oakland, California. Several students and guests were in attendance and represented Las Vegas, Nevada, Cleveland, Ohio, Portland, Oregon, Fairbanks, Alaska as well as Northern California and locally, Oakland and San Jose, California. By profession, the attendees included physicians, a psychologist, a college professor and several drug and rehabilitation counselors.
  
  The course was presented and taught by Professor Anderson. The workshop training was for three days, eight hours each and the syllabus included Adolescent and Adult Anger Management as well as Executive Coaching. Included in the course was instruction and training in both short and long form Conover Assessment Testing, a well-known assessment program. Several published books by George Anderson are used in this course: CONTROLLING OURSELVES (2003), GAINING CONTROL OF OURSELVES (2005), A Suggested Guide for Anger Management/Facilitator’s GUIDE (2007) and EXECUTIVE COACHING.
  
  Professor Anderson’s didactic teaching methods include not only lectures and personal observations and group discussion, but also DVD presentations of the subject matter, which was presented in an understandable, concise and intelligent way. Time was available for question and answers as well extensive discussion.
  
  The presentation of this course was on an extremely high level and was the equivalent to that of any college or medical school course I have ever taken.
  
  Dr. Steven J. Sinert (August, 28, 2007)
  SJS113LV@aol.com
  
  
• Branding your Anger Management Practice
  
  Q. What is branding?
  
  A. Simply put, a brand is a promise. By identifying and authenticating a product or service, branding delivers a pledge of satisfaction and quality. In the case of Anderson & Anderson, the pledge is that all providers 1) have completed 40 hours of training in the Anderson & Anderson curriculum, 2) use the Conover Assessment and the Anderson & Anderson client workbooks, and 3) subscribe to the latest developments in the field of anger management by completing 16 hours of continuing education annually.
  
  The Conover Anger Management assessment determines a client’s level of functioning in recognizing and managing anger and stress, level of assertive communication, and the degree of emotional intelligence. The Anderson & Anderson curriculum is focused on skills to enhance functioning in these four areas: anger management, stress management, communication and emotional intelligence.
  
  Q. Why is branding important?
  
  A. It prevents the danger of being anonymous. Branding provides answers to a lot of clients’ questions, such as:
  
  • Who are you?
  • What do you sell?
  • How are you different from those offering similar services?
  • Why are you better than your competitors?
  • Why should I enroll in your program?
  
  A good brand will:
  
  • Deliver your message clearly
  • Confirms your credibility
  • Connects your target prospects emotionally
  • Motivates the potential client
  • Solidify User Loyalty
  • Branding will create a market advantage
  • Branding will open doors that were formerly closed
  • Branding will make us all more successful
  
  Q. How can I benefit from supporting the Anderson & Anderson Brand?
  
  A. Begin by asking yourself why you decided to become an Anderson & Anderson Provider. It is impossible for anyone other than you to answer this question. Here are some possible answers:
  
  1.  I was instructed to do so by my employer.
  2.  Anderson & Anderson seem to dominate the internet.
  3.  I was impressed with the Anderson & Anderson anger management curriculum.
  4.  It was recommended by a person I respect.
  5.  I did it in order to be credible as a professional anger management provider.
  6.  It is the most recognized model in Canada.
  7.  Using a model that is so well-known and tested through use appealed to me.
  8.  I discovered that the only way to receive court referrals was to use this curriculum.
  9.  I have not been able to make my own model as popular, so I decided to just go with the best known model.
  10.  When I saw the Postal Service, all California Prisons, major companies, Human Resource Managers and Doctors accept this model; I was convinced that it was the way to go.
  11.  It is the most trusted curriculum available
  12.  I wanted to be part of an international community of Anger Management providers
  13.  I wanted instant internet presence
  14.  To get access to special offers and discounts (such as the bulk discount on Marketing DVDs
  15.  The training comes from a team with years of Practical Experience in the field of anger management.
  16.  I wanted the opportunity to purchase a Licensing Agreement.
  
  Amazon.com is a great case study of a brand developed through affiliate networks. (Equivalent to providers) Amazon benefits and so does its thousands of affiliates who make income from selling products on their websites. Each Anderson & Anderson provider must determine for him or herself if being on the Anderson Provider List and associated blogs and websites is worth the investment.
  
  For some, it may be best to consider developing your own competing model. For others, we ask that you join us in increasing the international market share of anger management/executive coaching through consistent branding of this unique model.
  
  What is expected of each provider?
  
  Each provider should have a website. A clear and unmistakable explanation of the Anderson & Anderson curriculum must be provided on each website. Some examples are listed below:
  
  http://www.angerxchange.com
  http://www.angerincontrol.com
  http://www.angerhurts.com
  http://www.ami-tx.com
  http://www.angermanagementsystems.com
  http://www.accordsystem.com
  http://www.marinangermanagement.com
  
  The Conover Assessment and the Anderson & Anderson client workbooks must be used for each client.
  
  All training/recertification requirements must be kept current. Monthly provider listing fees must be kept current.
  
  All providers are expected to market their own websites as well as the entire provider network.
  
  Regardless of why you've chosen to become an Anderson & Anderson certified provider, you have become associated with its brand. The more you help that brand to grow, the more it will benefit your business.
  
  George Anderson, MSW, BCD
  Diplomate, American Association of Anger Management Providers
  www.andersonservices.com
  www.angertrends.blogspot.com
  www.anger-management-resources.org
  
  
• Look Back at Anger
  
  From seething stars to peeved politicians, everyone’s doing anger management. Ariel Leve finds out why it’s all the rage
  
  In the colossal list of things wrong with me, being an angry person has never ranked high. I am impatient, but I don’t lose my temper. I am volatile, but I don’t hit people. I get angry over something I have little control over, but quickly the anger turns into frustration. I’ll grind my teeth at night or develop a pain in my stomach, which means the frustration is immediately sidelined by worry that I might have given myself an ulcer. But then I remember I can’t afford to have an ulcer, so I am reminded that whatever I’m upset about isn’t worth it, and this, for reasons only a therapist could explain, is my form of anger management.
  
  George Anderson has a different method. A Harvard-trained psychotherapist turned entrepreneur, he virtually invented the industry of anger management. Based in California, his clients include Hollywood studios that send their angry stars and executives to him, the Department of Defense and even the vice-president’s old company, Halliburton.
  
  Anger is a booming business. Soon Anderson will begin selling franchises abroad. So why now? Anger has been around since the beginning of time, but behaviour that was once tolerated isn’t any more, by individuals, employers, courts and legislators.
  
  Click here to read more...
  
  
• George Anderson Interviewed on Primetime Sports Podcast
  
  George Anderson and William Glassman, Professor of psychology at Ryerson University discuss the recent "headbutting" incident at the final game of the 2006 World Cup Soccer competition.  The Fan Radio Network (FAN590.COM) asks George Anderson about the recent confrontation between French midfielder, Zinedine Zidane and Italian defender Marci Materazzi.  To listen to the complete interview, click here.  Note: You will need to have an MP3 player installed to listen to this interview.
  
  
• To all batterers’ intervention providers
  
  The new Anderson & Anderson DVD, Session One is an excellent demonstration of how to lead domestic violence and anger management groups.  The Session One DVD replaces the classic Anderson & Anderson domestic violence video, A Ray of Hope which has been a top seller for over ten years.
  
  George Anderson demonstrates how a psycho-educational model should work in real life classes in which skills are being taught using client workbooks.  The DVD comes with a one page exam which permits the certified batterers facilitator and/or anger management facilitator to receive 16 hours of continuing education to meet the continuing education requirements for both disciplines.  Simply view the DVD, take the exam and return it to Anderson and you will receive your certificate for continuing education.
  
  This DVD can also be used for CADAC, CADE and BBS licensees.  Providers who purchase this DVD prior to June 15 will receive a free copy of Styles of Communication DVD!
  
  To preview Session One and Styles of Communication, click here.  Place your order today in the Anderson & Anderson On-Line Store,  or phone our office at 310-207-3591.
  
  
• Preview our DVDs!
  
  The amazing new Anderson & Anderson® Anger Management DVD Series is destined to become Best Practice training DVDs in anger management, human resources, substance abuse, marriage counseling, domestic violence, emotional intelligence, stress management and communication.
  
  Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, MFTs, counselors, educators and facilitators in all of the human service professions will find these DVDs to be of tremendous value for use with visual learners.
  
  Click here to watch preview clips from our DVD Collection.
  
  
• A Letter to Anderson & Anderson Certified Providers
  
  RE: Continuing education requirement
  
  Dear provider,
  
  Just a reminder: to remain on Anderson & Anderson’s certified provider list, there is a requirement of 16 hours of continuing education each year, specific to the field of anger management.
  
  Session One, the most popular of our new DVDs, is a convenient way to complete your required 16 hour continuing education. This DVD - available in the Anderson & Anderson On-Line Store - portrays an anger management group session conducted by George Anderson, demonstrating proper use of the Anderson & Anderson model.
  
  You will be required to view the DVD and answer a series of question related to its contents. Once you return the answer sheet to Anderson & Anderson, you will receive your continued education certification for 2006.
  
  This DVD is also excellent for use in marketing, group discussions, and orienting new members to your group.
  
  -- George Anderson
  
  
• Anderson & Anderson Presents Introduction to Anger Management
  
  Anderson & Anderson, a trusted name in anger management, is pleased to announce its three-hour Introduction to Anger Management class, scheduled for the second Saturday of each month in 2006.  The low registration fee of $150 includes: an anger management assessment, a copy of Gaining Control of Ourselves, and three hours of engaging group discussion led by a trained and experienced facilitator.
  
  Schools, large corporations, and probation departments across the nation utilize the Anderson & Anderson model of anger management, which covers: stress management, anger management, improving communication skills, and increasing emotional intelligence.
  
  This introductory course is a great way for prospective clients to gain a working understanding of the Anderson & Anderson curriculum, and an equally excellent way for court-mandated clients to jumpstart their required programs.
  
  To register, call 310-207-3591 or contact georgeanderson@aol.com.
  
  
• The Storm's Quiet Eye
  
  The Los Angeles Times August 28, 2005 Sunday Magazine features the Anderson & Anderson model of anger management intervention as its cover story. This is the most comprehensive article ever on anger management in general and the Anderson & Anderson model in particular. Click Here to read the full article - written by noted L.A. Times author, Andy Meiser.
  

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