*Outstanding sales potential: shows how DBT, a proven nondrug therapy for suicidal adults, can be adapted to help adolescents. *From coauthor Marsha Linehan, bestselling author of DBT Skills Training Manual. *Suicide is the third leading cause of death among American teens: treatments are needed and therapists are eager to use DBT with this population. *Highly practical: includes cases, handouts, sample dialogues, and clinical advice. *Features a completely new DBT skills training module specifically for troubled teens and their families.

Filling a tremendous need, this highly practical book adapts the proven techniques of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to treatment of multi-problem 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 sampleialogues. Appendices feature 30 mindfulness exercises as well as lecture notes and 12 reproducible handouts for "Walking the Middle Path," a completely new DBT skills training module for adolescents and their families.