Mary Karapetian Alvord (Author)
Mary Karapetian Alvord, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and director of Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC. With more than thirty-five years of clinical experience, her work recognizes the importance of resilience in the framework of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Alvord specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety disorders, and with children and teens experiencing ADHD and other emotional and behavioral regulation problems. She is adjunct associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and has developed and refined a resilience-based group therapy model to improve social competence training. Alvord's work frequently appears in the media; she has been interviewed by media outlets including Woman's Day, Better Homes and Gardens, and Health magazines, CNN, NPR, The Washington Post, USA Today, and US News & World Report, and local as well as international TV on topics ranging from stress, anxiety, and social competence, to coping with adversity

Anne McGrath (Author)
Anne McGrath is managing editor of publications at US News & World Report, and is responsible for the company's signature guidebooks, published annually: Best Graduate Schools, Best Colleges, and Best Hospitals. She is an accomplished writer and editor with experience first as a reporter at Forbes and for thirty years as both a writer and editor at US News & World Report in the areas of personal finance and investing, K-12 and higher education, and health, mental health, and medicine. For several years, McGrath oversaw production of six additional special interest issues a year on topics ranging from America's first ladies to religion and the latest on space exploration and animal science. She is also the original editor of several books published by Sourcebooks on getting into law school, medical school, and schools of education.