WHAT IS ANXIETY & WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT? Anxiety is a Primary Emotion produced by the emotional (limbic) brain. In my work as a thera-pist I describe two general kinds of anxiety. The first kind of anxiety comes from “a lack of confidence in one’s own ability to deal with an im-agined situation or event”. The antidote, easier …
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Welcome to Taming Your Anger!
Posted by Steve Wolf. We, at Wolf Training Institute, have a simple mission and vision. That being “to reduce violence and aggression in the world – one person at a time; beginning with ourselves and passing it on”. It sounds simple; yet it is a challenging thing to do. We are reaching out to Therapists, Counselors, Coaches, and folks interested in …
Going Beyond Anger Management
Posted by Steve Wolf. GOING BEYOND ANGER MANAGEMENT BY DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE by Dr. Steve Wolf I’m a Clinical Psychologist who, after working with many Alcohol & Drug Counselors over the past 30 years, has developed great respect for the work you all do, often as overworked, underpaid providers of front line mental health services within our society. …
You Gotta Serve Somebody…
Posted by Steve Wolf. “But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You’re gonna have to serve somebody Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you’re gonna have to serve somebody”’ by Bob Dylan When I was 25 years old, working toward completing my final year of classes for a PhD in Psychology, …
What is a Human Being?
Posted By Steve Wolf One of the first classes I attended at the Humanistic Psychology Institute (now known as Saybrook), where I earned my Doctorate in 1986, was “Humanistic Psychology’, taught by Dr. Jim Bugenthal, one of the patriarchs of the Humanistic Psychology movement, which burst into our society in the mid 1950’s. One might say that Humanistic Psychology’s …
Taming Your Addiction
Posted By Steve Wolf TAMING YOUR ADDICTION We live in stressful times and for many of us the pleasure from distraction or relief sounds pretty good every now and then, unless we get out of control. Food, sex, chocolate, the internet, TV, video games, work, love, Dust Off, Haagen Dazs, anger, jealousy, obsession: you name it, someone is addicted to …
Terrorism & Bullying
Posted By Steve Wolf The FBI’s definition of terrorism includes, “intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population” ( https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism ) I define Bullying as the use of verbal (eg. name calling, shaming) or physical force, to threaten, abuse, coerce, dominate or intimidate another person. Therefore, I view Bullying as terroristic behavior which occurs all too often in our …
Why We Do It
Wolf Training Institute’s goal is to help young individuals and adults, alike, to gain better control over their emotions. WTI’s programs are designed to help the individual and their communities. We envision the world with less violence and we want to be the force to bring in that change.
What We Do
Wolf Training Institute trains individuals and groups to become competent and confident to teach the Taming Your Anger Method and the Emotional Intelligence Program to their consitutents. We also offer these programs to schools, Veterans Groups and correctional insitutions. With WTI earn 3 certifications as: Emotional Intelligence Facilitator, Emotional Intelligence Educator, and NAMA Anger Management Specialist We also offer this …
What We Do?
Unlike most psychologists in private practice, who focus on healing psychopathology, Dr. Wolf works as a catalyst for adult development. At WTI, we educate folks interested in pursuing thier internal development by teaching basic tools for stress management, mindfulness and developing emotional intelligence to become emotionally smarter. We also have programs for couples interested in working together to achieve …