Private One-on-One Anger Management in Ridgewood and Bergen County — For Inner Strength, Prevention, and Advancement
Anger is the loudest thing in the room and rarely the first. Underneath it is usually stress, resentment, burnout, disappointment, a marriage that has become logistics, a career that took more than it gave. Behavioral Concepts and Advancement works on the anger first — because that is what is costing you today — and on what it is attached to, with a guide who does not judge and does not flinch: a retired trial lawyer, entrepreneur, and rebuilt father who came from nothing. Custom lessons plus one-on-one sessions, seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., no more than two a week so it lands, text access between. For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, no waiting, no insurance, and if you ever need documentation for work or court, it is included.
Ridgewood and Bergen County — Quick Answer
If you only read this box: this is anger management you do for yourself, with someone who has actually lived through the things that make people angry — law, business, divorce, fatherhood, coming from nothing — and who will tell you plainly what he sees, without judgment. Custom lessons plus one-on-one sessions (3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or more customized lessons paired with one-on-one sessions, set after an assessment), seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern, thirty-five to sixty-five minutes each, no more than two a week, text access between, by Zoom or phone. We acknowledge your past; we work on your anger and your next move. For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger: no insurance, no waiting, text ENROLL to 201-205-3201.
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What you get — Behavioral Concepts and Advancement
FormatOne on one with the executive director, by Zoom or phone (in person in Jersey City by arrangement). Never a group.ProgramAssessment first, then 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or more customized lessons paired with one-on-one sessions, set after an assessment. Two-fold: custom lessons written for what you are dealing with, plus tools to manage the anger attached to it.Sessions35–65 minutes depending on topics, issues, program length, and spacing; no more than two one-on-ones a week so the teachings resonate.Availabilityseven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern; appointments outside those hours by arrangement; no waiting to start; the director is available by text between sessions during normal hours.FocusAnger and moving forward — the past acknowledged and discussed, not dwelt on. Psychoeducational, not therapy.Payment and paperworkNo insurance; direct pay, flat by length. Enrollment and completion documentation available for work, licensing, or court, under either of our names.
Behavioral Concepts and Advancement is a program of New Jersey Anger Management Group. It is a private psychoeducational program and is not psychotherapy, medical or mental health treatment, or a batterers intervention program, and does not give legal advice. If you are in crisis or need clinical care, contact a licensed provider or emergency services.
Anger Management in Ridgewood and Bergen County — Who Comes to Us, and Why
Bergen County’s commuter towns — Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes, Tenafly, the Saddle River corridor — are home to people who have done well and expect to keep doing well, and whose anger tends to show up where the expectations are highest: at home, on the sidelines, in the car on Route 17. Many of them have already had the conversation with a spouse that ends ‘you need to do something about this.’ Very few want to do it in a group, and most want it to be over in weeks, not seasons.
Behavioral Concepts and Advancement fits Bergen County: private, one on one, by Zoom or phone, with a retired family and criminal law attorney and mediator who spent fifteen years in the Hackensack courthouse and beyond, built a business, went through a divorce, and rebuilt as a father. Lessons customized to your life; sessions of thirty-five to sixty-five minutes seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., no more than two a week; text access between. Choose 3 to 12 or more lessons after the assessment. No insurance, no waiting, no judgment.
Who you will be working with
For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, every session is with our executive director — not a rotating staff member, not a group facilitator. He is an anger management clinician and a retired New Jersey family and criminal law attorney: a former public defender, a family mediator named to Best Lawyers in America, a man who spent fifteen years beside people at the worst moments of their lives in courtrooms across the state. He is also an entrepreneur who built a company from nothing, a native New Yorker and New Jersey transplant, the son of immigrants who started with less than nothing, and a father of two who went through a divorce after seventeen years of marriage and rebuilt his life and his relationship with his children. He does not read from a manual. He does not speak in clinical hedges. He does not judge — there is nothing about someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger he has not heard in court or lived himself. He speaks straight, and he focuses on what you can change.
The Two-Fold Approach: Custom Lessons for Your Life, Tools for Your Anger
Two things happen in this program for someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, on purpose. One: you get lessons written for you — not a generic workbook — after the director assesses your situation in the first session. If your anger lives in your marriage, the lessons are about your marriage. If it lives at work, they are about work. If it is attached to a divorce, a layoff, a father you are trying not to become, that is what they address. Two: you get tools to manage the anger in the moment — practical, repeatable, grounded in REBT and CBT — and you practice them in one-on-one sessions until they are yours.
Sessions are thirty-five to sixty-five minutes, by Zoom or phone, seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern, with appointments outside those hours arranged when needed. Never more than two a week, so the teaching has time to resonate. Between sessions, the director is a text away during normal hours. For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, you choose 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or more customized lessons paired with one-on-one sessions, set after an assessment.
Custom lessons — what you are dealing with
- Written by the director after your assessment, for your situation
- The marriage, the kids, the job, the divorce, the family you came from
- Worked through between sessions, on your schedule
- Grounded in REBT and CBT, written in plain English
Tools — the anger attached to it
- The interval between the trigger and the response
- Scripts for the moment you would otherwise escalate
- How to leave, how to reset, how to come back
- Practiced one on one until they are yours
The Benefits of Anger Management — When You Do It for Yourself
What the anger is usually attached to
The anger is the loudest thing; it is rarely the first. Part of every program is naming what it is riding on — and for someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger the lessons are written around exactly that.
Prevention Tools You Will Leave With
A sample of what the sessions build, adapted to your triggers and your life:
Not therapy. Not the past. Not a group. We acknowledge where the anger came from — and for someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, we will talk about it — but we do not spend months there. The focus of Behavioral Concepts and Advancement is anger: how it works in your body and your judgment, where it shows up in your life, what it is attached to, and how to move forward with a better perspective and real tools to manage the emotions that can otherwise run your life. It is psychoeducational, not psychotherapy; if you need clinical treatment, we will say so plainly.
From the Text to the First Session
- Text ENROLL to 201-205-3201. Tell us, in a sentence, what the anger is costing you. A person answers — usually the director.
- Assessment this week. Thirty-five to sixty-five minutes, one on one, by Zoom or phone, seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. Together you choose 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or more customized lessons paired with one-on-one sessions, set after an assessment.
- Your custom lessons arrive between sessions, written for your life; you work through them on your schedule.
- One-on-one sessions, no more than two a week, where the lessons and the week’s events meet the tools — and where the director tells you plainly what he sees.
- Text access between sessions during normal hours, and documentation at the end if you ever need it for work or court.
If you ever need documentation — for an employer’s return-to-work condition, a professional license, a court, a probation officer, or a custody matter — it is included: an enrollment letter the day you start, progress reports on request, and a Certificate of Completion with a Completion Letter written by the director, a retired attorney, that describes the program in language courts and HR departments rely on. Issued under Behavioral Concepts and Advancement or New Jersey Anger Management Group, whichever fits. For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, that means a program you chose for yourself can also satisfy anyone who later needs to see it.
No Judgment. No Group. Straight Talk.
You will not sit in a circle. You will not be handled with clinical distance. You will work privately with one person — a retired lawyer, entrepreneur, and father who rebuilt after his own worst years — on someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, and he will tell you plainly what he sees and what to do about it. That is the whole method.
Every Google Review We Have Ever Received: Five Stars
Read what clients say about working one on one with the director before you decide — the reviews are on Google, and they describe the same thing this page does.
“I had a great experience completing my 8 anger management sessions with this program. The director was understanding, professional, and very easy to communicate with. I was able to openly discuss my situation without feeling judged, and their guidance really helped me work through everything and communicate more effectively. I truly appreciate the support and encouragement I received throughout the process and would definitely recommend this program to others.”
Terin Hyman · Google review · ★★★★★
“I had an excellent experience with NJAMG. The instructor is the best. He is very kind and very helpful. The instructor was always respectful, encouraging and helps me a lot to give my best. The instructor is very punctual and always very attentive. Whenever I need he help me right way. He always think about my problems and give me the exact lesson which I need. He is genuinely dedicated to helping people like us. This anger management class is highly recommended because the instructors personalize every lesson to fit real-life situations. They are patient, respectful, and create a safe, judgment-free environment to help you make real change. Thank you Mr. Santo Artusa.”
Md Ahaduzzaman · Google review · ★★★★★
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Started in Jersey City. Serving New Jersey, and Everywhere Else.
New Jersey Anger Management Group was founded in 2012 by Santo V. Artusa Jr., J.D., C.A.M.T. — a Rutgers Law graduate, former public defender, and family-law mediator named to Best Lawyers in America, who retired from practice to do this full time. Behavioral Concepts and Advancement is the track he built for people who come on their own — for someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger — the same one-on-one program courts in all fifty states have accepted, without the court. Clients in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Ohio, Idaho, and beyond work with him by Zoom and phone, seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern.
Manejo de la ira para su propio crecimiento — ayuda en español
Behavioral Concepts and Advancement es el programa privado de manejo de la ira para quienes lo eligen por sí mismos — para su fortaleza interior, prevención y avance en su matrimonio, su familia o su carrera. Trabaja uno a uno con nuestro director ejecutivo — abogado retirado de derecho de familia y penal, empresario, padre de dos hijos, hijo de inmigrantes — con lecciones personalizadas y sesiones por Zoom o teléfono los siete días de la semana de 8 a.m. a 8 p.m. Sin seguro, sin espera, sin juicios. Para Ridgewood and Bergen County: envíe ENROLL por texto al 201-205-3201.
Questions People Ask Before They Text
Do I need a court order or a referral to enroll?
No. Behavioral Concepts and Advancement is built for people who choose anger management for themselves — for prevention, inner strength, and advancement. For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, you text ENROLL to 201-205-3201, hold an assessment this week, and start. If you also need documentation for work or a court, it is included.
How many sessions will I need?
After the assessment you choose 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or more customized lessons paired with one-on-one sessions, set after an assessment. Three or four is a focused tune-up for a specific pattern; eight to twelve or more is the full program for someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger when the anger is attached to a marriage, a career, or a major life change. The director will tell you plainly what he recommends.
Can this program be used for work, a license, or a court?
Yes. For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, the same program provides enrollment and completion documentation when you need it: an enrollment letter the same day, progress reports, and a Certificate of Completion with a Completion Letter written by the director, a retired attorney, in language employers, licensing boards, and courts accept — issued under Behavioral Concepts and Advancement or New Jersey Anger Management Group.
Is the program available in Spanish?
Yes — for someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, the assessment, lessons, sessions, and any documentation.
What makes this different from a group class?
One guide instead of a room of strangers; lessons written for you instead of a curriculum for everyone; a retired lawyer and entrepreneur who speaks straight instead of a facilitator reading slides; and, for someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, a program built around your life rather than a schedule built around a court.
Do you take insurance?
No. For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, direct pay only — Zelle, Apple Pay, Cash App, or card — with flat pricing by program length quoted by text before you commit, payment plans available, and sliding-scale pricing when possible. No insurance means no diagnosis code, no claims record, and no waiting for an authorization.
Is there a waitlist?
No. For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, text ENROLL to 201-205-3201 and the assessment is scheduled this week — any day, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
More From Behavioral Concepts and Advancement
Pricing for someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger. Flat by program length — 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or more customized lessons paired with one-on-one sessions, set after an assessment — quoted by text before you commit, with the assessment, every custom lesson, every one-on-one session, text access, and any documentation included. Direct pay (Zelle, Apple Pay, Cash App, card); no insurance; payment plans available; sliding-scale pricing when possible.
Get Ahead of It. Start This Week.
Tell us in one sentence what the anger is costing you. For someone in Ridgewood and Bergen County who wants to get ahead of their anger, the director will tell you within the hour how many lessons he recommends, what it costs, and when the assessment can happen — usually this week.
Also reachable at (929) 788-6382 · Enroll online · Se habla español
Behavioral Concepts and Advancement · New Jersey Anger Management Group · 97 Newkirk Street, 2nd Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07306 · (201) 205-3201 · njangermgt@pm.me · Founded 2012 · Serving all 50 states. Behavioral Concepts and Advancement is a program of New Jersey Anger Management Group. It is a private psychoeducational program and is not psychotherapy, medical or mental health treatment, or a batterers intervention program, and does not give legal advice. If you are in crisis or need clinical care, contact a licensed provider or emergency services.