El Centro's 18-hour anger management program teaches participants to manage their stress and anger. Through group exercises and discussions, participants:

• learn to express their anger in positive ways
• develop more effective communication skills
• practice relaxation and stress management skills.

El Centro's course fulfills court ordered requirements for a program in anger management.

Separate programs are available for or adults and adolescents.

El Centro uses the training model and textbooks developed by George Anderson. All of the anger management facilitators at El Centro are Anderson & Anderson Certified Providers. The materials and course outline has also been developed by George Anderson. Gaining Control of Ourselves, by George Anderson, is used as the text for the adult anger management course. This is the same book used in the movie Anger Management with Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler. Controlling Ourselves, by George Anderson, is used as the text for the youth program.

The program is offered at El Centro and on-site in local businesses, schools, churches, and community centers.

Available in English and Spanish.

Call El Centro for further information on the program and fees: (650) 599-9955.

Learn to facilitate anger management groups. Enroll in El Centro's two-day, 16-hour training program to become a certified Anderson & Anderson facilitator.

Anderson & Anderson anger management certification training is the most widely recognized training of this type in the world. The Anderson model of anger management intervention has been adopted by Human Resource managers, Employee Assistance counselors, mental health, substance abuse, education and the criminal justice system for its user friendly client material.

Call El Centro for further information on the program and fees: (650) 599-9955.