What Works with Teens: A Professional's Guide to Engaging Authentically with Adolescents to Achieve Lasting Change Paperback - 2015

Britt H. Rathbone, MSSW, LCSW-C, is an expert in adolescent mental health, and has worked exclusively with adolescents and their families since obtaining his degree from Columbia University in New York. He has worked in many settings, including urban programs for at-risk youth, nonprofit agencies, juvenile justice, and schools. Rathbone is currently the director of a private practice specializing in adolescent mental health issues. In this setting, he treats adolescents with evidence-based approaches whenever possible. Rathbone has a special interest in providing services to young people who are suspicious of mental health care and who may be reluctant to engage in treatment. He is committed to disseminating the skills and ideas that will allow all adolescents to have the opportunity to receive quality mental health care and to thrive. Rathbone teaches graduate students, speaks frequently on issues of adolescence to lay and professional audiences, trains therapists, and consults to schools. He is consistently recognized as a top therapist for adolescents, and media outlets often seek him out for interviews when issues about adolescents are in the news. Rathbone is coauthor of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents. Julie B. Baron, MSW, LCSW-C, is a licensed clinical social worker with expertise in treating adolescents and their families. Baron received her master's in social work from Boston University School of Social Work. She has worked with children, adolescents, and families in community-based mental health clinics, residential treatment, home-based settings, public and private school settings, and in private practice for over twenty years. Baron is known for providing effective treatment strategies in a manner that engages and empowers adolescents and their families toward meaningful change. Baron has written articles and provides trainings and workshops to parents, teens, school faculty, and mental health professionals on issues relevant to working with adolescents, including adolescent social culture, bullying, and technology. She has particular knowledge and experience in understanding different learning styles and disabilities, as well as a variety of social, emotional, and behavioral issues affecting children and adolescents. As a school counselor, she developed and implemented comprehensive programming toward creating and maintaining safe and respectful learning communities. Baron is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, and provides individual, group, and family therapy--as well as school advocacy services--at Rathbone and Associates in Rockville, MD. Foreword writer Rosalind Wiseman is author of Queen Bees and Wannabes--the groundbreaking, best-selling book that was the basis for the movie Mean Girls.