One of the benefits of working in the mental health field today is that the availability of evidence‐based treatments has greatly increased in recent years. This increase can be a double‐edged sword, however. With this greater variety of effective treatments comes the need for increased training on the part of providers and increased understanding of the treatments by consumers. This understanding can be particularly difficult to achieve in the treatment of less studied mental health problems faced by our children and adolescents. Non‐suicidal self‐injury (NSSI) and suicidality are examples of such problems. Seen with growing frequency by schools, families, pediatricians, and mental health care providers, detailed information about effective treatments for these presenting problems has not been adequately disseminated to either the professional community treating these youth or the families who love and care for them.