Teaching People How to Turn Anger Into Empowerment                          

And Helping Families Save a Loved-one From Addiction

Mike Speakman, L.I.S.A.C., Anger Education Specialist and Family Educator about Recovery from Addiction

Mike is an Anger Education Coach and Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor. In 1991, he developed the first Anger Management Training Program for the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center in Phoenix, Arizona. 

Since then, Mike has helped a wide range of people with his innovative Anger Education Programs. He's developed and taught workshops for counselors in both private and public agencies, the general public, high-school and college students, and in the criminal-justice system. Mike is also the developer of SMARTS-Training®, a results-oriented Anger Management Program used in treatment centers across the Country since 1992. In 1996, he was named "Counselor of the year" by the Arizona Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors.

In 2002, Mike became Director of Speakman Coaching and Consulting and published his "Healthy Expressions of Anger Workbook", a self-study workbook he also uses in Coaching Sessions with individuals and couples. Mike's workbook is now available for sale to the public and to other professionals as well.

Mike also has an expertise in Family Education about addiction. He has a passion for sharing practical knowledge about recovery with the family members of recovering addicts and alcoholics; knowledge gained from working in the trenches at treatment centers since 1988. He is also on staff at Calvary Addiction Recovery Center, a Christian residential treatment program, where one weekend a month he instructs family members at an intensive Family Weekend Training about recovery from addiction. Calvary has been serving clients nationwide since 1964 and has earned a national reputation for excellence.