The COVID pandemic has caused a host of emotional challenges for our country and the world. It has exacerbated existing issues in our interpersonal relationships while creating new ones. These challenges affect not only our interactions with friends and family, but also how we interact in the workplace. Dr. Christian Conte is uniquely qualified to help you and your organization navigate these challenging times. Through his keynote presentations and workshops Dr. Conte has helped thousands of people learn how to cope with the pressing issues facing most companies and organizations. His teachings on anger management, de-escalation, leadership, and communication are essential tools in the modern workplace.
Dr. Christian Conte is one of the country’s most accomplished specialists in compassionate leadership and communications. His prodigious background in mental health and emotional management enables him to bring a unique and compelling perspective to his presentations, as well as valuable tools to leave behind for his audience.
A familiar figure on TV and radio, Dr. Conte is also a prolific writer, powerful communicator, and sought-after corporate consultant and trainer. This past television season he co-hostedThe Secret Life of Kids on USA Network. He was also the co-host of the reality show Coaching Bad on Spike TV, and the resident therapist for VH1’s Family Therapy. His latest book, Walking Through Anger, is available now.
Dr. Conte co-hosted the Tackling Life podcast with football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, and produces a daily short-form Emotional Management radio feature heard daily on hundreds of stations across the country. He recently began hosting his own weekly call-in talk show on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, also available as a podcast. In July 2015 he conducted the TEDx talk, “Why I Chose to Go to Prison.”
Dr. Conte’s unique work with professional athletes and college and university Athletic Departments (including the UFC, Pitt, Florida State, and the University of Tennessee) helps them develop better life and emotional management skills, while arming coaches and staff with powerful tools to use in guiding their team members to more successful, trouble-free futures.
Dr. Conte was an award-winning tenured professor at the University of Nevada (Reno) before leaving the West Coast to return to his home state of Pennsylvania. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has a Level V Certification in Anger Management. He co-founded a Center in South Lake Tahoe, CA, to work with people convicted of violent crimes, and is the creator of Yield Theory™ – a powerful approach to combining radical compassion with conscious education. His new book on this topic will be published in 2019.
As a corporate educator and trainer, Dr. Conte always brings his unique energy, unquenchable passion, and a tremendous sense of compassion to his efforts to teach people about why they do what they do, and how they can use that knowledge to transform their own lives as well as those around them.
Dr. Conte’s methods are proven to improve interpersonal communication, reduce workplace tension and conflict, and increase collaboration and productivity. He is available for executive-level counseling, keynotes, seminars, and workshops.
Degrees/License/Certifications
Ph.D. – Counselor Education and Supervision, Duquesne University
M.S. – Community Agency Counseling, California University of Pennsylvania
Licensed Professional Counselor
Certified Anger Management Specialist – V
Certified Domestic Violence Counselor
Nationally Certified Counselor