Christian Conte

Christian Conte, PhD, is a licensed professional counselor, a certified Domestic Violence Counselor, and a Certified Level V Anger Management Specialist (the highest level possible). The creator of “Yield Theory”—which combines radical compassion with conscious education for the effective treatment of anger issues—he was the resident therapist on VH1’s Family Therapy, co-host of USA Network’s “The Secret Life of Kids,” and co-host of Spike TV’s “Coaching Bad” with football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis. He currently applies Yield Theory in maximum security prisons throughout Pennsylvania. The author of Zen Parent, Zen Child and other publications, his latest book, Walking through Anger: A New Design for Confronting Conflict in an Emotional Charged World, was recently published by Sounds True. We spoke about his Buddhist-oriented spirituality, his work with prisoners, how to deal with our own and others’ anger, and related issues. Learn more about Christian Conte here.