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“There is a wealth of information that defines DBT for adolescents and explains what it addresses….The sessions are laid out in an organized manner with suggestions about where leaders should jump in.”

—School Social Work Journal (on the first edition)


“The book is comprehensive, very inclusive, and carefully detailed….This text could clearly be used in any graduate psychology training program, social work training program, or psychiatric residency where DBT skills are taught and where students can participate in an ongoing DBT treatment program.”

—Child and Family Behavior Therapy (on the first edition)

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About the Authors

Jill H. Rathus, PhD, is a former Professor of Psychology at Long Island University Post, where she directed the DBT Clinical Research Lab. She is also cofounder and codirector of Cognitive Behavioral Associates, a treatment and training center in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Rathus is coauthor of books including Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents and DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents, and is a coauthor of the DBT STEPS-A and DBT STEPS-E curricula for secondary and elementary school settings. She consults internationally, has trained thousands of mental health professionals in the United States and worldwide, and is widely published in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Rathus is a recipient of the Cindy Sanderson Outstanding Educator Award from the International Society for the Improvement and Training of DBT and serves as Co-Chair of the Treatment Integrity Committee of the World DBT Association.

• Author's website
• All titles by Jill H. Rathus

Alec L. Miller, PsyD, is cofounder of Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants, a treatment, training, and consultation center in White Plains and Manhattan, New York; cofounder and Board Chair of the nonprofit Access Psychology Foundation; and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. Since the 1990s, Dr. Miller has adapted and applied DBT to youth in outpatient, inpatient, and school settings, as well as to youth who have chronic medical illnesses. His publications include over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, as well as the coauthored books Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents and DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents and the DBT STEPS-A and DBT STEPS-E curricula for secondary and elementary school settings. Dr. Miller has trained thousands of clinicians and school personnel in DBT internationally.

• Author's website
• All titles by Alec L. Miller

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Audience

Mental health practitioners who treat 12- to 19-year-olds, including clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, and psychiatric nurses.

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Previous editions published by Guilford:

First Edition, © 2015
ISBN: 9781462515356

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New to this edition:

• Updated to address challenges facing today's youth and families, including technology management, fragmented attention, loneliness, reduced engagement in real-world activities, and parental strain.
• Chapter on enhancing teen self-management and executive functioning, plus new self-management handouts throughout the modules.
• Chapters on infusing skills across treatment modes: family therapy, parent sessions, individual therapy, coaching, and consultation team.
• Companion client workbook with over 100 illustrated reproducible handouts, all new or revised.