The approach
What is anger management therapy?
Anger management therapy is psychotherapy that treats what is driving chronic anger, not just the outbursts. Based on 8 years of intakes at our clinic, anger most often traces to trauma, a mood disorder, anxiety, or ADHD. Your clinician gives you tools to continue your treatment on your own time, between sessions, not just during them.
This is therapy for the emotions and patterns underneath the anger. It is not a court-ordered class. If you start with individual therapy and later want to keep the same clinician by video, you can move to telehealth therapy without restarting your treatment plan.
What it helps with
What is actually driving the anger?
Most adults who search for anger management are dealing with one of these six underlying issues. Treating the driver is what changes the pattern, not managing the surface reaction alone.
PTSD or unresolved trauma
Trauma responses often present as anger in adults. Trauma therapy and trauma-informed outpatient care address the event itself, not just the reaction it produces.
Depression presenting as irritability
Depression in adults frequently shows as a short fuse rather than sadness. CBT addresses the thought patterns that make small frustrations feel unbearable.
Anxiety and chronic stress
Anxiety raises the nervous system baseline, so anger triggers fire faster and harder. Emotional regulation skills and coping techniques reduce that baseline over time.
ADHD and impulse-control concerns
Impulse-control concerns and untreated ADHD produce anger that is fast, intense, and followed by regret. Clinicians work with these patterns in individual outpatient therapy at Eye Cue.
Substance use and co-occurring issues
Alcohol lowers the threshold for explosive anger. A clinician who focuses on substance use and dual diagnosis can work on both at once in one outpatient practice.
Adjustment disorder and life stress
A major life change such as job loss or divorce can produce a reactive state that looks like an anger problem. Adjustment disorder responds well to CBT in an outpatient setting.
The process
How does therapy for anger work at Eye Cue?
Intake call. Call 562-860-2891 and speak with our intake team. We confirm your insurance, ask what is bringing you in, and match you with a clinician whose focus fits your situation.
First session. Your clinician listens to your full picture, not just the anger but the context around it. They are looking for the driver, not just the symptom.
Weekly therapy. Sessions run at the cadence your clinician determines is medically appropriate. Most anger work runs weekly. You build coping skills and emotional regulation tools to use between sessions.
Adjustments as needed. If your insurance changes, we work with you rather than dropping you. If the clinician fit is not right, you can switch within Eye Cue without starting over.
What this is
Is this therapy or a court-ordered class?
This is therapy. Eye Cue Mental Health provides individual psychotherapy for anger. We do not run a structured, court-ordered anger management class, and we do not issue completion certificates for probation, the court, or any legal requirement. If you need a court-mandated program, call 211 and they can connect you with providers that offer one.
Most people who search for anger management therapy in Cerritos want to stop being the angriest person in the room. That change does not come from a curriculum. It comes from working weekly, with the same clinician, on what is actually feeding the anger.
You are in charge of your treatment. No algorithm sequences you to a higher level of care, and no session quota ends the work before you are ready.
Coverage
What insurance is accepted for anger therapy?
We accept Medi-Cal, Anthem Medi-Cal, Blue Shield Promise Medi-Cal, Cigna, and Aetna for anger management therapy in Cerritos and for telehealth across California. Medi-Cal covers roughly 70% of our current caseload. Coverage depends on your plan and medical necessity, and we verify your benefits before your first session.
LA Care and Molina are LA County only, so call us to confirm your specific plan before booking. Anthem Medi-Cal, Blue Shield Promise, Cigna, and Aetna reach clients statewide by telehealth. See our Medi-Cal therapy page for more on coverage.
In their words
What do clients say about Eye Cue Mental Health?
A note from someone we worked with at our Cerritos office.
"This therapist has saved my life. Makes you feel great when you walk out of his office. Saqui will also give you tools to continue your treatment on your own time. Highly recommend him for people all ages."
Javier M.
Google Review, 5 stars, Cerritos, CA
Individual results vary; this reflects one client's experience and is not a promise of outcome.
Eye Cue Mental Health at a glance: in practice since November 2017, over 8 years serving Cerritos and the LA and OC area · Medi-Cal accepted, roughly 70% of our current caseload · anger, trauma, mood, and impulse-control work in outpatient therapy · open 7 days a week, 8 AM to 10 PM.
Good questions
Frequently asked questions about anger management therapy
Still unsure? Call 562-860-2891 and we will talk it through, no commitment.
No. Eye Cue Mental Health provides individual psychotherapy, not a structured anger management class. We do not issue court-ordered completion certificates for legal compliance. If you need that, 211 can connect you with programs that do.
Based on cases we see, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a common, well-established approach for anger in outpatient therapy. The right fit depends on the driver: CBT for distortion-driven anger, trauma-focused therapy for PTSD-related anger, family therapy for relational triggers. Our clinicians assess which fits your situation in your first session.
Yes. Approximately 70% of our current clients are on Medi-Cal, and we have held those contracts since November 2017. Whether your specific Medi-Cal plan covers anger therapy depends on your plan and medical necessity; we confirm your benefits before your first session starts.
No. We work with clients through insurance changes rather than terminating care when a plan changes. If a change puts you outside our current contracts, we tell you directly and help you figure out next steps.
Treatment length is based on your medical necessity, not on an insurance session cap or a fixed curriculum. Your clinician determines the right cadence and length with you. No algorithm sequences you to a higher level of care.
Most anger work, including CBT, emotional regulation, and reviewing triggers and patterns, translates well to video. Some clients benefit from coming to the Cerritos office periodically, especially early in treatment. You can move between telehealth and in-person with the same therapist as your situation changes.
That is what the session is for. Our clinicians are trained to hold that space. Getting activated in session is often where useful work happens; the clinician can observe the pattern directly rather than only hearing about it later.
Get started
Ready to start anger management therapy?
Call 562-860-2891 to schedule. We confirm your insurance, match you with a clinician, and get you in, in person in Cerritos or by video anywhere in California. We are open 7 days a week, 8 AM to 10 PM. In person at 17215 Studebaker Rd. or telehealth across California.
- 562-860-2891
- 17215 Studebaker Rd., Suite #110, Cerritos, CA 90703
- Open 7 days a week, 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
If you are in crisis right now or having thoughts of self-harm, call or text the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline any time. Eye Cue Mental Health is an outpatient practice, not a crisis center.
In-person, Cerritos CA
17215 Studebaker Rd., Suite #110, Cerritos, CA 90703. At the 91 and 605 freeway interchange, on the LA County and Orange County border. Clients from Norwalk, Lakewood, Bellflower, La Mirada, Artesia, Buena Park, and Cypress reach us in a short drive.
Telehealth, statewide California
Clients on Anthem Medi-Cal, Blue Shield Promise Medi-Cal, Cigna, or Aetna can be seen by video anywhere in the state, and keep the same therapist as in-person clients.
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