Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Theory, Practice, Research, Applications. (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030539009)

Michael E. Bernard, Ph.D. is an international consultant to universities, organizations, educational authorities and governments. He is a Professor at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Graduate School of Education and is an Emeritus Professor, California State University, Long Beach. He is the Founder of You Can Do It! Education a program for promoting student social-emotional well-being and achievement that is being used in over 6,000 schools in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, England, Romania and North America. He is an author/editor of 14 books on REBT.

- Served for eight years as Editor-in-Charge, Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

- Professor Bernard was a co-founder of the Australian Institute for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

- Trained over 1,000 mental health practitioners in REBT

- He is the author of over 50+ books, 30+ book chapters, and 30+ journal articles in areas associated with student wellbeing and achievement, peak performance, resilience and positive parenting.

Mark D. Terjesen received his Ph.D. in clinical and school psychology from Hofstra University and completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Albert Ellis Institute. He currently is an associate professor and faculty member in the doctoral program in school psychology at St. John's University. Dr. Terjesen is a licensed psychologist and a certified school psychologist. Dr. Terjesen is a fellow of the Albert Ellis Institute and does research in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). Dr. Terjesen has worked at developing educational training programs built around an REBT/CBT model in Australia and Vietnam. A fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 52: International), Dr. Terjesen has received grant support for a number of REBT-related international research projects. He is the past-President of the New York State Psychological Association School Division, past-President of the Trainers of School Psychologists, and has served as the Treasurer of Division 16 (school) of the APA and President of Division 52 (International). He has over 30 publications with many relating to REBT and cognitive behavior therapy.