Anger Management

Every day thousands of litigants in criminal and family courts are ordered to attend anger management programs. What exactly occurs at these programs? What kinds of behaviour and personality problems lend themselves best to being remedied by participating in an anger management program? Do these programs work? Are they worth the cost and the time? And why is anger such a widespread problem in our communities? Justice Brownstone and his guests will explore these issues in this highly relevant episode of Family Matters. Matthew Krupnick - Lawyer Matthew Paul Krupnick is a co-owner and the senior litigation partner at the Southern California law firm of KRUPNICK & KRUPNICK, a Professional Law Corporation, specializing in serious personal injury claims, a wide variety of areas within the spectrum of "Family Law", as well as employment litigation and Civil Rights disputes, contracts, and general civil litigation matters. Born and raised in a small city called Westlake Village located in Southern California, Matthew has shown a history of helping people, whether it be helping a kid being bullied as he learned not only self defense but self control for most of his life through rigorous Martial Arts training and teaching, or, as he does nowadays, by helping a poor elderly woman who has been the subject of "elder abuse", or suing a big Las Vegas Hotel on behalf of a homosexual couple who were thrown out of the entire casino simply because the two husbands were allegedly showing the smallest amounts of public displays of affection (which in Vegas, should have gone unnoticed, let alone risen to the level it did to where Mr. Krupnick had to litigate on behalf of the two men to obtain an astonishing settlement on their behalf). Anthony Hutchinson PhD - Social Worker Dr. Anthony Hutchinson, GA, BSc, BSW, MSW, RSW, PhD is a Clinical Epidemiologist and a Registered Social Worker in the Province of Ontario. Dr. Hutchinson specializes in supporting persons affected by acquired brain injury (mild and substantive Traumatic Brain Injuries), concussion and post-concussion syndrome. Prior to becoming a social worker, Dr. Hutchinson had a seven-year career in personal and corporate banking. Combining his accounting, finance and social work background has made Dr. Hutchinson proficient in the specialized area of financial social work. Dr. Hutchinson holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (with Distinction) in Psychology from the University of Toronto and an Honours Bachelor of Social Work (magna cum laude) from York University. Dr. Hutchinson earned his Master's Degree in Social Work in Social Policy Analysis from the School of Social Work at McMaster University and his PhD in Epidemiology through the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. Dr. Hutchinson's doctoral dissertation addressed the social determinants of health and implications for human services in the Province of Ontario (1980-2000). Dr. Irwin Butkowsky - Psychologist Dr. Butkowsky received his Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Psychology from McGill University in 1974. He was awarded a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from the University of Waterloo in 1978 and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Waterloo in 1982. His clinical training has included internships at the Oakville Reception and Assessment Centre and the Out-Patient Psychiatry Department at Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario. From July of 1980 until June of 1981, Dr, Butkowsky completed a full-year pre-doctoral internship in Clinical Psychology, with a specialty in Child-Clinical Psychology, at Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina. From July of 1981 until August of 1986, Dr. Butkowsky was employed as Staff Psychologist at the Family Court Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. From May of 1986 until March of 1989, Dr. Butkowsky served as Clinical Consultant to the York Detention Centre, a secure detention facility for young offenders. He has also been affiliated with York University as a practicum supervisor for psychology interns. Dr. Butkowsky has had extensive involvement in the assessment and mediation of custody and access disputes since 1981.