ANGER MANAGEMENT TRAINING INSTITUTE
STAFF BIOS

Peter Stone, MA,CPT,CART,CAS

Peter is an expert in the field of Anger-Based Lost Control, Domestic Abuse, and Addictive Behaviors. Unlike students and practitioners of general counseling psychology, for the past 18 years, his study and practice has been specific to cycles of anger and behavioral lost control. Beginning with his graduate research, he had as a case study the life-spans of individuals who committed intimate partner homicide in contrast to people who violently offended within their families and community. As a result of this in depth contrast study, he gained unprecedented and unparallel insight into the acquisition and actuation to cycles of emotional distress as played out through Anger-based Aggression, Domestic Abuse, and Addictive Behaviors.

Peter holds a Master of Arts Degree from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont. His concentration of study was Counseling Psychology specific to Addiction Theory and Intervention Applications. Peter is a Certified Personal Trainer, through the National Federation of Professional Trainers, with a concentration on Stress Management. He is a Certified Anger Resolution Therapist through the Anger Management Training Institute, with a concentration on anger facilitating addiction, and a Certified Addiction Specialist with the American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders. In addition, Peter is Rostered by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services as an Alternative Provider, member of the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, and CEO/Managing Director to Discover Addiction Recovery, Inc., a NH based nonprofit organization, where he can be reached.

Amy English, Facilitator

A lifelong Texas resident, Amy received her B.A. in English Literature and Composition from the University of Texas in 1997, where she also minored in Psychology. In her main field of study she focused on the psychological and psychosymbolic functions of language and storytelling, applying critical psychological (Freudian) analysis to and exploring Jungian, Proppian, and Campbellian interpretations of mythical, folkloric, classical and modern literature.

Beth Murphy, Facilitator

As an Instructor for the Anger Management Training Institute, Beth brings over 18 years of successful experience from the highly competitive Information Technology and Business Services market space. She is a results-focused and effectual leader with a proven ability to maximize the bottom line. Her talent for proactively identifying and resolving problems, reversing negative sales trends, controlling costs, automating processes for improved efficiencies, maximizing productivity, and delivering profit increases has allowed her to make measurable differences in the companies where she has worked. It is from this experience that she is able to share a “real-world” perspective in the classroom.

Beth is passionate in her understanding of what motivates people and is competent in bringing the best solutions to the process of developing human capital. She is also able to communicate the value gained from the classroom in measurable business terms.

Beth lives in Houston with her family. She loves playing soccer with her husband and watching her kids play sports. She is driven by making a difference in people’s lives and seeing people achieve their dreams.

Kori Smith, Facilitator

Kori Smith has worked in the areas of business ownership and behavioral sciences since 1991. She began her career in real estate working as an independent contractor with a Houston-based Broker, while acting as Owner/Operator of a commercial landscaping design firm. Throughout her career, she has continued her education, leading her into the arenas of chemical dependency counseling and anger management therapy.
Kori is a firm believer in the mantra "Knowledge is Power" and has a true passion for making her classes highly informative, applicable to the real world, and enjoyable. Kori has provided training and counseling on a local, corporate, and national level, and is experienced in both group and individual sessions. She has repeatedly received exceptional reviews from her training participants.

As a member of the Baker Communications team, Kori’s areas of expertise include:

• Exceptional Presentations
• Anger Management
• Managing Negotiations
• Consultative Selling Skills
• Telephone Selling Skills
• Value-Added Selling Skills
• Win-Win Negotiations
• Time Management
• One-on-one Coaching

Kori has a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A & M University, College Station. In addition, she also holds licenses in Texas Real Estate Sales and Certified Anger Resolution Therapy.

Kori and her husband, Norman, enjoy spending their time outdoors and watching their sons' sporting events. The Smith's live in a suburb North of Houston.

kori@angermanagementseminar.com

Jackie English serves as Director of Program Development for the Anger Management Training Institute, assisting in the process of researching, generating and editing the Institute’s exceptional variety of anger management training materials. For almost 30 years, he has been a pastor in Marble Falls, Texas, located in the Texas Hill Country just west of Austin. During his work as a pastor, he has developed expertise in pastoral counseling with a particular focus on issues relating to addiction, co-dependency, marriage and family relations, and anger management. He has many years of experience in producing preaching, teaching and training materials that speak to human needs in personal ways. Jackie is also a Channel Partner for the Anger Busting TM Program for Marble Falls and the surrounding Texas Hill Country.

He and his wife, Peggy, have been married for almost 33 years. All three of their children are married. The Englishes are anxiously awaiting grandchildren but so far all they have to show for it is a menagerie of cats and dogs that their children insist on treating like they were grandchildren.

jackie.english@angermanagementseminar.com