Mary Karapetian Alvord, PhD, is a psychologist with more than forty years of clinical experience; and is director of Alvord, Baker & Associates. She specializes in treating children, adolescents, and adults using evidence-based therapies. She is adjunct associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Fellow of both the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), she is also a clinical fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). Recently, she founded a nonprofit—Resilience Across Borders, Inc.—with a mission to promote mental health. She is coauthor of ResilienceBuilder Program for Children and Adolescents, and with Anne McGrath, Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens.
Anne McGrath, MA, is an editor and writer with expertise in health, medicine, mental health, and education. She retired as executive editor overseeing publications and events at U.S. News & World Report, where she was responsible for the annual Best Hospitals and Best Colleges annual special issues—and spent thirty-five years writing and editing on health, medicine, higher education, and personal finance. She is coauthor of Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens. She holds a master’s in journalism from Syracuse University.
Foreword writer Carlo DiClemente, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He is codeveloper of the transtheoretical model of behavior change, and author of Changing for Good and Addiction and Change, as well as several professional books.
Mary Karapetian Alvord, PhD, is a psychologist with more than forty years of clinical experience; and is director of Alvord, Baker & Associates. She specializes in treating children, adolescents, and adults using evidence-based therapies. She is adjunct associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Fellow of both the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), she is also a clinical fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). Recently, she founded a nonprofit—Resilience Across Borders, Inc.—with a mission to promote mental health. She is coauthor of
ResilienceBuilder Program for Children and Adolescents, and with Anne McGrath,
Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens.
Anne McGrath, MA, is an editor and writer with expertise in health, medicine, mental health, and education. She retired as executive editor overseeing publications and events at
U.S. News & World Report, where she was responsible for the annual Best Hospitals and Best Colleges annual special issues—and spent thirty-five years writing and editing on health, medicine, higher education, and personal finance. She is coauthor of
Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens. She holds a master’s in journalism from Syracuse University.