Cash Strapped Governments Demand Certification for Anger Management Providers

Cash Strapped Governments Nationwide Demand Certification for Anger Management Providers

Currently, there are no laws that regulate the practice on anger management anywhere in the United States. Anyone with or without training, experience, curricula or client books can offer anger management.

In spite of the fact that anger is not an illness that is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Nervous and Mental Disorders, Marriage Counselors, Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychologists and Social Workers are providing anger management counseling without any training, experience or curricula in either anger management or emotional intelligence.

Because of this reality, cash strapped federal, state and local governments are demanding that providers who are applying for contracts with probation, substance abuse programs, parole, the courts or other criminal justice entities demonstrate that they possess the following minimum requirements:

1.    40-hour Anger Management Facilitator Certification (CAMF)

2.    Evidenced based anger management curriculum

3.    Pre and Post Tests for each participant

4.    Client workbooks and ancillary training material

Many non-profit Social Service and Mental Health Agencies are desperately attempting to gain Anger Management Facilitator Certification for their staff.

George Anderson, MSW, BCD, CAMF