About Dr. Steve Wolf

          Dr. Steve Wolf, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY 10230) in Private Practice in West Los Angeles. After teaching Anger Management for seven years, he was recognized as having Diplomat status with the National Anger Management Association.
         He has been an innovator throughout his professional career. He co-directed New York City’s first Prison Therapeutic Community Program in Rikers Island Prison’s Psychiatric Ward in 1973 and directed Rikers’ first Therapeutic Community Drug Program for the general prison population in 1974.  He directed a Day Treatment Center in Litchfield Connecticut, volunteered with the L.A. Sheriff’s Department to co-create Project Turnaround, an Acupuncture Detox program on L.A.’s skid row. He co-created an alternative middle school in Topanga California, co-authored with Dr. Connie Zweig, “Romancing the Shadow: A guide to Soul work for a Vital Authentic Life (Ballantine, 1997, translated into six languages), and developed “The Village Circle Project”: leaderless groups for self-exploration. He consulted as a Co-Occurring Disorders therapist in Los Angeles working with men coming directly from prison, jail or the street for five years.
       In 2006, he authored the “Taming Your Anger” series of English and Spanish workbooks, DVD’s, C.D.’s and workshops. He recently taught the Taming Your Anger/Emotional Intelligence Method as High School curriculum to at-risk teens and is producing a documentary film of the High School program.  In 2013 and 2014, he taught Taming Your Anger to several Veterans Groups who are now teaching it as part of their offering of support to Veterans and their families.
   More recently, he founded the Wolf Training Institute to train and certify practitioners to teach and coach the Taming Your Anger Program, which has been recognized by the National Anger Management Association. He maintains a therapy practice working with older adolescents, adults and couples in West Los Angeles.

His latest development is the CoupleZwork Program. This 6 week home study course will help many have the relationship they have always wanted - sincere, honest communication with their life mate.