Why the Century Anger Management Model of Intervention?

Why choose the Century Anger Management model of intervention as your source of certification training in anger management?  That is a good question.  We are not the oldest training provider in the nation, and we certainly aren't the most well known, primarily due to the fact of being in existence for about 3 1/2 years.  As the founders of Century Anger Management we created this model because we felt that the current state of anger management certification should be expanded.  As with the treatment of any disorder, there are often numerous approaches to helping people.  Some approaches work better than others; however, we  have created a model that is helping people each and every day.  We also developed this model because we didn't want people trained by us to feel obligated to follow strict purchasing and marketing requirements of our products/brand  in order to be listed a  provider.

Anger Management has become a business, like any other industry.  Our primarily goal in developing our model and certification training through Century Anger Management was to professionally train anger management providers in a model that works and that helps consumers.  Our second motivation was to develop a business that made sense for everyone, us, the consumer, and our providers.  Making a buck is not our primary motivation, our primary motivation is produce as many professionally trained anger management providers as possible in the Century Anger Management model of intervention to help the general public.

Criticism?  The only criticism of our model comes from our competition, not from consumers, agencies, business or law enforcement.  So, any bad press about us is really just propaganda and is baseless in our opinion.  It's unfortunate because in the end, I believe we all want to serve the same purpose:  Help consumers who are seeking problems with anger and stress. 

Can more than one model of anger management co-exist?  Absolutely in our opinion.  While we also take the position that anger management is NOT psychotherapy, there are literally hundreds of psychotherapy models that work, depending on the problem. There are many models of anger management in existence, and upwards of about 6-8 training providers if you do an internet search for "anger management certification, anger management providers, anger management programs, anger management training". 

Does the best one mean the most popular one on the internet?  I guess, if you knew nothing about internet marketing.  Internet marketing is complex, but can be misleading to the consumer because internet popularity is not an objective criteria for "best", it just means most popular by criteria set by the search engines.  Try doing an internet search for "best ice cream".  The most popular website is http://www.bluebell.com/.  Personally, I like Ben and Jerry's, but I guess based on search engine popularity, bluebell is the winner....

We believe we have a quality training program that will help the consumer.  We have hundreds of testimonials to support this.  We have numerous approvals and many agencies, probation departments, governmental agencies, and private practicioners using our model every day. Our model, like may others is educational in nature, but based on many empirically validated cognitive-behavioral techniques.  It includes the following tools:

Tool One — Dealing with stress. This tool teaches skills in effective stress management strategies to help reduce physical, mental and emotional signs of stress.

Tool Two — Empathy Development. Teaches skills in emotional intelligence and empathy.  Empathy is the ability to feel what another person feels.  Empathy skills reduce anger responses.

Tool Three — Respond instead of React. Teaches ways to deal with situations using better judgement and impulse control.  Not reacting to situations can often be a valuable tool in dealing with difficult situations or people.

Tool Four — Change Self-Talk. Changing self-talk can help us become more positive as well as develop more positive outcomes in our lives.  Proven techniques and methods explored

Tool Five — Assertive Communication — An exploration of harmful communication styles and a detailed disscussion of the effectiveness of being assertive.  Training in expressing feelings and needs.

Tool Six — Adjust Those Expectations. Managing expectations can help reduce frustation.  Clients are exposed to 5 skills for managing expectations more effectively

Tool Seven  — Forgive, but don't forget. This chapter explores effective ways for forgiving others while not giving up your rights as a person.

Tool Eight — Retreat and Think Things Over. This chapter explores the "freeze frame" technique as well as the concept of "staying in the box" to calm down.

Almost all quality anger management models in existence today include skills in communication, empathy, and stress management.  We know these areas are important because there is enough research available to support this.  We also know that skills/techniques in forgiveness, expectation management, learning better judgment and impulse control, taking time-outs and improving internal dialog also work, which is why they were incorporated into our model.

How many people reading this blog have actually conducted and written a literature review for a topic of research on your own?  Unless you have completed a masters or doctoral degree you probably have not done this.  How many readers can honestly say you know how to do this and/or can   assess someone's else's research?  Research takes a long time and is tedious.  We did the work.  We created what we believe is a state of the art model of anger management. 

We are not the most popular training provider on the internet, likely due to the fact that our main motivation is not to be internet marketers.....but, we do have a world class model of anger management that will benefit anyone who seeks training as a professional provider of anger management.  We allow our providers the freedom to advertise as they choose, and we don't condemn our trainees if they can't or don't want to buy many of our client workbooks or other related products.  We give discounts and we help our providers anyway we can.

Anyone who is already trained in another model of anger management, we welcome you to view a complementary copy of our curriculum.  Just send us an email and we will respond.  Don't pass judgment until you make a determination on your own.  Judgment and curiosity are like two sides of a coin.  Curiosity leads to many possible conclusions.  Judgment on the other hand leads to only one, and it may be a poor judgment based on false facts or what some else told you.

Anyone who has questions or would like additional information about our model please feel free to contact us either through this blog or on our website at www.centuryangermanagement.com

Tony Fiore, Ph.D.
Ari Novick, Ph.D.