• 2017 346pp 7" x 10" paperback edition ISBN: 9781462532056• Published by The Guilford Press This highly practical book
adapts the proven techniques of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treatment
of multiproblem adolescents at highest risk for suicidal behavior and
self-injury. The authors are master clinicians who take the reader step by step
through understanding and assessing severe emotional dysregulation in teens and
implementing individual, family, and group-based interventions. Insightful
guidance on everything from orientation to termination is enlivened by case
illustrations and sample dialogues. Appendices feature 30 mindfulness exercises
as well as lecture notes and 12 reproducible handouts for "Walking the
Middle Path," a DBT skills training module for adolescents and their
families.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 - Suicidal Behaviors in Adolescents: Who Is Most at Risk?
CHAPTER 2 - What Do We Know about Effective Treatments for Suicidal Adolescents?
CHAPTER 3 - Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Treatment Stages, Primary Targets, and
Strategies
CHAPTER 4 - DBT Program Structure: Functions and Modes
CHAPTER 5 - Dialectical Dilemmas for Adolescents: Addressing Secondary Treatment
Targets
CHAPTER 6 - Assessing Adolescents: Suicide Risk, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Feasibility
CHAPTER 7 - Orienting Adolescents and Families to Treatment and Obtaining Commitment
CHAPTER 8 - Individual Therapy with Adolescents
CHAPTER 9 - Including Families in Treatment
CHAPTER 10 - Skills Training with Adolescent
CHAPTER 11 - Assessing Progress, Runnning a Graduate Group, and Terminating Treatment
CHAPTER 12 - Program Issues
Appendix
A - Mindfulness Exercises for Adolescents
Appendix
B - Walking the Middle Path Skills: Lecture and Discussion Points
Appendix C – Handouts
for Walking the Middle Path Skills
References
Index
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About the Authors
Alec L. Miller, PsyD, is Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Cognitive and Behavioral
Consultants, White Plains and New York, New York, and Clinical Professor of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. Dr. Miller served for over 20 years as
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chief of Child and
Adolescent Psychology, Director of the Adolescent Depression and Suicide
Program, and Associate Director of Psychology Training at Montefiore Medical
Center. He is a scientific advisor to the American Foundation of Suicide
Prevention and the National Educational Alliance of Borderline Personality
Disorder, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and past Chair of
the International Society for the Improvement and Training of DBT. He has
published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and books on
topics including DBT, adolescent suicide, childhood maltreatment, and
borderline personality disorder. He is the coauthor of DBT® Skills in
Schools, DBT® Skills Manual for Adolescents, and Dialectical
Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents. He has conducted over 400
lectures and workshops around the world, training thousands of mental health
professionals in DBT.
Jill H. Rathus, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Long Island University Post, where she
directs the DBT scientist-practitioner training program within the clinical
psychology doctoral program. She is also Co-Director and Co-Founder of
Cognitive Behavioral Associates, a group private practice in Great Neck, New
York, specializing in DBT and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Her clinical
and research interests include DBT, CBT, adolescent suicidality, intimate
partner violence, anxiety disorders, and assessment. Dr. Rathus has developed
and conducted programs in DBT for adolescents and adults as well as males
referred for intimate partner violence, and has received foundation and
university funding to study, adapt, and develop assessment tools for DBT. She
has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters on DBT, adolescent
suicide, couple therapy, intimate partner violence, personality disorders,
assessment, and anxiety disorders. She is the coauthor of books including DBT®
Skills in Schools, DBT® Skills Manual for Adolescents,
and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents.
Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), is Professor of
Psychology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the
Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington. Her
primary research interest is in the development and evaluation of
evidence-based treatments for populations with high suicide risk and multiple,
severe mental disorders. Dr. Linehan's contributions to suicide research and
clinical psychology research have been recognized with numerous awards,
including the 2017 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology and
the 2016 Career/Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapies. She is also a recipient of the Gold Medal Award for
Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology from the American
Psychological Foundation and the James McKeen Cattell Award from the
Association for Psychological Science. In her honor, the American Association
of Suicidology created the Marsha Linehan Award for Outstanding Research in the
Treatment of Suicidal Behavior. She is a Zen master and teaches mindfulness and
contemplative practices via workshops and retreats for health care providers.
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