Dr. Lyle Becourtney - New York State Licensed Psychologist, Certified Anger Management Professional

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Dr. Lyle Becourtney Quick Facts

Main Areas: Anger management for teens and adults, individual therapy, couples therapy, group therapy, parent training
Career Focus: Licensed psychologist helping teens and adults develop the anger management skills that they need

Dr. Lyle Becourtney, a New York State Licensed Psychologist and Certified Anger Management Professional, specializes in anger management for teens and adults. In 1996, he obtained his doctorate degree in psychology from Pace University. As part of his training, Dr. Becourtney completed an externship in the adolescent partial hospitalization program at Metropolitan Hospital and an internship at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, both located in New York City.

Thereafter, Dr. Becourtney worked in an adolescent residential treatment center in Yonkers, NY, at Great Neck North High School, and since 1999 at Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, NJ.

Dr. Becourtney currently has a private practice in Blauvelt, NY in Rockland County that is devoted almost exclusively toward doing anger management work with teens and adults. He currently sees clients individually, as couples, and in weekly anger management groups.

Dr. Becourtney has also had a number of speaking engagements on the topic of anger management including an appearance on live TV on the Nancy Grace Show on CNN Headline News. In addition, he has been the guest speaker for the Bergen County Association of Student Assistance Professionals as well as for the Bergen County Professional Counselors Association. For additional details on these and other speaking engagements, please refer to Dr. Becourtney's calendar of events.

Over the course of his career, while working in both clinical and school settings, Dr. Becourtney has treated a multitude of clients who have difficulty managing their anger. Through his innovative anger management programs, Dr. Becourtney continues to help many teens and adults significantly improve their anger management skills.

For additional background information, please view

Dr. Becourtney's resume/CV.

To see what Dr. Becourtney's colleagues are saying about him, please view a

letter from Opthof Counseling and a letter from Frank DeLuise.

To see what Dr. Becourtney's clients are saying about him, please view their

anger management testimonials.

Other Programs & Highlights

If unable to see Dr. Becourtney in person, the next best thing is to sign up for the Online Anger Management Class for Adults or the Online Anger Management Class for Teens. They are both completely web-based and offer the same content that Dr Becourtney teaches in his local anger management classes. Be sure to enter X62K-ACM in the Offer Code field during registration to obtain a discount.

After being trained by Dr. Matthew Johnson, a licensed clinical psychologist, the founder and president of FAMILY Rules, Inc., and the author of Positive Parenting with a Plan (Grades K-12), Dr, Becourtney was so impressed with this parenting program that he began using it in his own private practice.

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Dr. Lyle Becourtney

Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But
to be angry with the right person, to the right
degree, at the right time, for the right purpose
and in the right way... that is not easy.
-- Aristotle.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you
will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
-- Chinese Proverb.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more
hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
--Seneca.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
--Seneca.

For every minute you remain angry, you give
up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
--Buddha.