Dr. Rathus, co-founder and co-director of Cognitive Behavioral Associates, is an internationally recognized DBT & CBT expert working with both youth & adults. Dr. Rathus and colleagues developed the adolescent/family adaptation of DBT. Her books DBT with Suicidal Adolescents and DBT Skills for Suicidal Adolescents are the primary texts for Dialectical Behavior Therapy with teens and families.
As a tenured faculty member at Long Island University-Post Campus, her areas of specialty include assessment evaluations, relationship distress, depression, anxiety disorders, writing coaching & writing anxiety, PTSD, suicidality, and borderline personality disorder, and she publishes widely in these areas in books & peer-reviewed journals.
She has also authored books on topics including couples therapy, assessment of family violence, and adapting DBT for school settings. In 2016 she was honored to receive the Cindy Sanderson Outstanding Educator Award from the International Society of Education and Training in DBT (ISITDBT).
Dr. Rathus graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in English, received her Ph.D. in psychology from Stony Brook University, and completed her clinical internship at Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Rathus has trained thousands of mental health professionals in both the US and abroad.
Books by Dr. Rathus
DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents by Jill Rathus & Alec Miller
Dr. Jill Rathus and colleagues developed the adolescent/family version of DBT.
DBT with Suicidal Adolescents by Alec Miller, Jill Rathus, & Marsha Linehan
Drs. DeRosa and Rathus are expertly skilled clinicians, who have been providing DBT & CBT for over 20 years. They have published widely & train & lecture on DBT & related topics around the globe.
DBT Skills in Schools: Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A) by James Mazza, Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza, Alec Miller, Jill Rathus, & Heather Murphy
Marital Distress: Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Couples by Jill Rathus & Bill Sanderson
Assessment of Partner Violence by Jill Rathus & Eva Feindler
Assessment of Family Violence by Eva Feindler, Jill Rathus, & Laura Silver
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Chapters:
Rathus, J.H., Wagner, D., & Miller, A.L. Self-report assessment of emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, interpersonal chaos, and confusion about self: Development and psychometric eval. of the Life Problems Inventory. (Manuscript in preparation).
Miller, A.L., Rathus, J.H., & DeBose (in press). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents: Adapting treatment across settings. In K. Keorner and L. DiMeff (Eds.) Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Applications Across New Modes and Settings. Guilford Press.
Rathus, J.H., Meyer, S.L., & O’Leary. (Under revision). Attachment, proximity control, and wife abuse. Journal of Family Violence.
Rathus, J.H. (2006). Dialectical behavior therapy for anger-related disorders. In E. Feindler (Ed.) Anger-Related Disorders: A practitioner’s guide to comparative treatments (pp. 139-164). NY: Springer Publishing.
Rathus, J.H., Cavuoto, N., & Passarelli, V. (2006) DBT: A mindfulness-based treatment for intimate partner violence. In R. Baer (Ed.) Mindfulness-based Treatment Approaches: Clinician’s Guide to Evidence Base and Applications (pp. 333-358). Boston: Academic Press.
Wagner, E., Rathus, J.H., & Miller, A.L. (2006). Mindfulness in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for adolescents. In R. Baer (Ed.) Mindfulness-based Treatment Approaches Clinician’s Guide to Evidence Base and Applications (pp. 167-189). Boston: Academic Press.
Miller, A.L., Wagner, E., & Rathus, J.H. (2004). Dialectical behavior therapy for suicidal adolescents: An overview. In H. Steiner & C. Remy (Eds.) Handbook of Mental Health Interventions in Children and Adolescents (pp.659-684). Jossey-Bass.
Rathus, J.H., & Miller, A.L. (2002). Dialectical behavior therapy adapted for suicidal adolescents. Suicide & Life Threatening Behavior, 32,146-157.
