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Brian E. Razzino, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, author, speaker, and Clinical Director of Razzino & Associates in Falls Church, Virginia. For over three decades, he has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and families through psychotherapy, psychological and psychoeducational assessment, parent consultation, and professional training.
Dr. Razzino specializes in child and adolescent development, with particular expertise in ADHD, executive functioning, learning differences, anxiety, emotional regulation, and neurodevelopmental differences. His work focuses not only on helping young people manage challenges, but also on developing the capacities that support resilience, independence, meaningful relationships, and a strong sense of self.
He is the author of Awakening the Five Champions: Helping Young People Build the Strengths Technology Can’t Give Them. The newly released and substantially revised second edition examines the challenges of growing up in a world increasingly shaped by smartphones, social media, technology, and artificial intelligence. Through the Five Champions—the Warrior, Wizard, Healer, Lover, and Seeker—Dr. Razzino offers a framework for developing distinctly human capacities such as resilience, critical thinking, empathy, connection, creativity, and curiosity. The first edition received a 2025 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Award in Young Adult Nonfiction.
Dr. Razzino is also under contract with Routledge/Taylor & Francis for his forthcoming book, The Five Champions and the Machines: Preserving Human Capacity in the Age of AI. The book extends his work on human development into the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence, exploring how technology may influence the development of cognitive, emotional, social, and creative capacities—and what parents, educators, clinicians, and young people can do to preserve and strengthen them.
Drawing on more than 30 years of clinical experience with adolescents and their families, Dr. Razzino is also developing a PESI professional training, A Crash Course on Working with Adolescents. Designed for mental health professionals, the training translates decades of clinical experience into practical strategies for understanding adolescents, building therapeutic relationships, navigating common treatment challenges, and helping young people develop greater resilience, self-awareness, and autonomy.
Dr. Razzino also speaks to parents, educators, schools, and mental health professionals about adolescent development, neurodiversity, resilience, and the effects of technology on developing minds. Across his clinical practice, writing, and teaching, Dr. Razzino’s work is guided by a central question: In a world where technology can do more and more for us, what capacities do we most need to develop for ourselves?
Marcie Cohen, LCSW
Ms. Marcie Cohen obtained her Master of Social Work Degree from The Catholic University of America in 1998 and is a licensed clinical social worker in both Virginia (LCSW) and in Maryland (LCSW-C). Ms. Cohen also possesses a certification in trauma treatment, and has obtained training in specific trauma interventions (e.g., EMDR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Trauma-focused CBT, DBT). She has also obtained over 120 hours of play therapy training (i.e., Child-centered play therapy, Theraplay Level I, Group Theraplay). Ms. Cohen is now currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northcentral University.
In addition to her experiences as a school social worker, Ms. Cohen has also been a part-time private practitioner since 2004. Ms. Cohen has worked with children, adolescents, and adults with mood disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and impulse control disorders. She has facilitated the parent component of PEERS since January 2018.
Traci Reno, LCSW
Traci Reno is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Virginia. In 1994, she completed her Master of Social Work degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University. Ms. Reno has over eighteen years of experience working in a large public school system as a school social worker. She has worked at all levels including elementary, middle and high school and has worked with both general education and special education students. Ms. Reno is well-versed in Evidence Based Practice (EBP) curricula and uses them regularly with children who have symptoms of ADHD, Autism, anxiety, depression and and/or have difficulties regulating their emotions. Additionally, Ms. Reno has over fifteen years of experience as a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor working with adolescents and adults.
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