David Hammer, MA, MFT

Personal and Family Therapy                 By a Board-licensed Professional

WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS                          

Given on the following topics:

"Infidelity" - a betrayal that ends many marriages, but doesn' t have to.

"Anger: How to Deal With It" - keep your anger from being damaging.

"Styles of Expressing Anger" - know the ways that people use anger as a guide.

"Humor in Relationships" - like the springs in a car, softening the bumps in life.

"For Men Only: Expressing Your Feelings" - and if you don't, all you're left with is anger.

"Active Listening Skills" - one of the best ways to show respect and caring to others.

"Anger, Chemical Dependence and Control" - how each worsens the other in a vicious cycle.

"Counseling Violent Families" - ensuring that counselors keep the abused person safe in the process.

"Domestic Violence: It's Effect on Kids" - some effects can be opposite and alarming. 

"Treatment for Battered Women" - treating traumatic injury.

"Positive Anger Control" - methods for reducing anger and eliminating violence.                                                                        

"Cognitive-behavioral Approach to Wife Batterers" - a key component in reducing anger and eliminating violence.                                                 
Presented to a wide variety of audiences:

Kaiser Hospital psychologists and psychiatrists

Sacramento Co. Mental Health therapists

Mental Health Association

Child Abuse Council

CSUS Health Center

Sacramento Alcoholism Center

Catholic Social Services

Consumnes River College

Sacramento ARMY Depot

Family Services Agency

Camp Fire Association

Continuation High School

Folsom Prison inmates

including 8 RADIO and 5 TELEVISION APPEARANCES concerning family violence


Last Updated Aug. 7, 2016  by David Hammer, MA, MFT