Standards For Anger Management Providers Will Increase in 2015

George Anderson, MSW, BCD, CAMF
Emotional Intelligence Coaching for Professionals at Anderson & Anderson, APC
Standards For Anger Management Providers Will Increase in 2015
The California Superior Courts in Los Angeles County leads the nation in high standards for Anger Management Providers. According to the American Psychiatric Association, anger is not an illness and is therefore not listed in the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual of Mental And Nervous Disorders (DSM-5). Therefore, counseling or psychotherapy is not appropriate for teaching skills in impulse control.
Below is a list of the 2015 requirements for all Certified Anger Management Providers who offer their services to mandated defendants in Los Angeles County:
• All providers are required to have 40-hours of training in Emotional Intelligence/Anger Management skill enhancement for impulse control.
• All providers must have one year of supervised experience or an internship in providing anger management classes or coaching.
• All providers must use client workbooks in the language of the various populations served.
• Pre and Post Emotional Intelligence Assessments are required for all mandated clients.
• All providers must complete 16 hours of continuing education in related subjects on a yearly basis.
• Clients must be given an option of individual or group sessions.
• Clients who are not appropriate for participating in a psycho-educational program must be reported back to the court for alternative services.
• Clients who are currently using mind -altering substances must be referred back to the court.
• Clients who appear to be suffering from severe mental or nervous disorders must be referred back to the court.
• Certified Anger Management Facilitators who are not licensed clinicians must have a mental health consultant.
Most of the above standards have been adopted by other California Counties including Sacramento. https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/family/docs/fl-criteria-providers.pdf The courts have determined that the standards for Certified Anger Management Facilitators must be comparable to the state standards for Domestic Violence Batterers Facilitators http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/cacode/PEN/3/2/8/1/s1203.098. Los Angeles based Anger Managed Management providers will be closely monitored for compliance during 2015.
Anderson & Anderson, APC is the largest provided of both Anger Management Facilitation Certification and Batterers Intervention Certification.
www.andersonservices.com. Los Angeles based Anger Managed Management providers are closely monitored for compliance.

Anderson & Anderson, APC is the largest provided of both Anger Management Facilitation Certification and Batterers Intervention Certification.
www.andersonservices.com.