Bryan Anderson, LCSW
“I’m a curious person. I’ve always had a wide range of interests, and The Anderson EQ Center reflects that. Growing up with a true EQ Pioneer for a father, and a thoughtful school psychologist for a mother — I was torn between the two fields. Rather than choose, I thought, why not combine all of my interests?
Because Emotional Intelligence truly is for everyone.”
Clinical Director
A licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) by trade, Bryan has a professional versatility and bloodline that is unique. He has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in psychiatric hospital and clinic settings in New York and Los Angeles. He has experience as a teacher, a group facilitator, an EQ Coach, a Certified Anger Management Facilitator, a behavioral therapist, an OCD therapist, a presenter, and an adjunct faculty at Texas A&M University.
The proud son of George Anderson, Bryan has been watching and learning about EQ since he was a young child. After many years of observing, Bryan began providing EQ Coaching and facilitating Anderson & Anderson trainings in 2011.
Bryan Anderson holds a BA in Psychology from Kenyon College and an MSW from Columbia University. Bryan began his career working as a behavioral therapist for children with Autism at UCLA Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program (ECPHP). ECPHP is a multidisciplinary program that is known as one preeminent centers of Autism research in treatment in the world.
While collaborating with leading Child Development and Autism researchers Dr. Stephanny Freeman and Dr. Tanya Paparella, Bryan began developing Grab The Wheel: Helping Young Children Manage Explosive Anger. An adaptation of the Anderson & Anderson model, Grab The Wheel is an Anger Management and Social Skills curriculum designed to be accessible for use with children of all ages, including children on the Autism Spectrum. The curriculum is co-authored by leading UCLA researchers Dr. Stephanny Freeman and Dr. Tanya Paparella. Since publishing Grab The Wheel, Bryan has presented at conferences and trained social workers, psychologists, and teachers nationwide.
Bryan serves as the Upper School Director of Counseling at Brentwood School, an independent school in Los Angeles. Additionally, Bryan is a professor in the Masters of Engineering Technical Management Graduate Program at Texas A&M University - College Station. In his course, Bryan provides leadership coaching to students who work in every level. His students include many executives and critical safety personnel at Fortune 500 companies.