Dr Christian Conte is a Certified Anger Management Specialist and Nationally Certified Counsellor, who is regularly hired to share his profound knowledge in conflict resolution and interpersonal relationships. For corporate audiences, a speaker like Dr. Conte will improve communication, allowing for high-performance teams to thrive in pressurized situations. This inspiring speaker doesn’t just promote wellbeing, but he also teaches audiences the strategies needed to maintain a sense of calm in the face of conflict and learn how to manage their emotional response to challenges. This skill is essential in a business team, putting Dr. Conte in high demand at corporate workshops.
Dr Conte’s reputation as a mental health specialist has seen him travel across the world, visiting prisons and conducting TED talks. His TEDx Talk Why I Chose to Go to Prison has been viewed thousands of times, and tells the story of Dr. Conte’s Yield Theory, to help people convicted of violent crimes. Rather than sympathising from afar, Dr. Conte’s TED Talk suggests that we should use compassion and empathy to connect with people and help them through their time of need. Entertained one minute and enlightened the next, his audience is hooked on his stories, eager to know how Dr. Conte worked with offenders and students alike to find common ground. Dr. Conte is also the Creator of the Yield Theory Anger Management Program, teaching that compassion fuels connection, and sympathy from a distance, maintains that distance.
When Christian is not educating audiences at events, he is frequently called upon for onscreen roles, including as the Co-Host of Coaching Bad and The Secret Life of Kids. As the Resident Therapist for Family Therapy, Dr. Conte nurtures connections between relatives, while his Emotional Management Minutes radio show has been broadcast to more than 200 stations across the United States. Dr Conte also specialises in emotional management, expertise that he shares in his bestselling book Walking Through Anger. His work is used at institutions across the globe, by both general readers and trained counsellors, as the holy grail of emotional management.
With a Level 5 Anger Management Certification, the highest level to achieve, he provides conscious education for those in need, including sports teams and corporate audiences. Additional qualifications include a PhD in Counsellor Education and Supervision, an M.S. in Community Agency Counselling and a Domestic Violence Counsellor Certification. Co-Founder of the Center in South Lake Tahoe and tenured Professor at the University of Nevada, Dr. Conte’s intellectual discussions of emotional management leave audiences with a new perspective on anger and empathy. His speeches are truly transformative and are a must for organisations looking to increase their understanding of creating inclusive and supportive workplaces.
Books
Walking Through Anger: A New Design for Confronting Conflict in an Emotionally Charge World
How to hire Dr. Christian Conte
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Dr Christian Conte's official speaking topics are listed below:
- Emotional Management - As a certified anger management specialist, Dr Conte has developed a toolbox of strategies for tackling challenging emotions, like anger and frustration. His speeches discuss the importance of maintaining emotional control, even when faced with great pressure and open his audience’s eyes to the truth about heightened emotions.
- The Prison System - The subject of Dr Conte’s TED talk, his revolutionary approach to rehabilitating violent offenders, coined the Yield Theory, focuses on compassion. Rather than villainizing prisoners, which has resulted in nearly 7/10 reoffending, Dr Conte promotes the power of empathy and communication, to interrupt negative behavioural patterns.
- Communication - Dr Conte teaches that compassion, rather than sympathy, is the catalyst for positive interpersonal relationships. This starts with communication. The mental health speaker teaches audiences the best way to approach high-emotion situations, coaching business managers, sports coaches and political leaders alike. With Dr Conte, the secrets to optimum communication are unveiled.
- Conflict Resolution - We will all face conflict, whether in our jobs, the street or our relationships. De-escalating situations with high-frustration levels can decrease feelings of defensiveness and anger, allowing for better communication. Dr Conte teaches corporate teams how to find a resolution in the face of conflict.
- High-Performance Corporate Teams - Working closely with corporate audiences, Dr Conte teaches business managers the secrets to high-performance teams. Including communication and conflict resolution, his comprehensive speaking topic covers all factors that contribute to optimum teamwork, supplying audiences with a toolbox for success.
- 2019 - Author of 'Walking Through Anger'
- 2015 - Delivered the TEDx Talk 'Why I Chose to Go to Prison'
- Resident Therapist for 'Family Therapy'
- Co-Host of 'Coaching Bad' & 'The Secret Life of Kids'
- Co-Founder of a Centre in South Lake Tahoe, rehabilitating people convicted of violent crimes
- Tenured Professor of the University of Nevada
- PhD in Counselor Education & Supervision
- MS in Community Agency Counselling
- Licensed Professional Counsellor
- Certified Anger Management Specialist - V
- Certified Domestic Violence Counsellor
- National Certified Counsellor
