Bob Ditter is a senior level clinical social worker who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children, adolescents and their families. He maintains a clinical psychotherapy practice in Boston, Massachusetts, and consults nationally with agencies that work with young people, including the Salvation Army, the Girls Scouts of America, the YMCA, the American Camping Association, and Jewish Community Centers, Sea World (Busch Entertainment), the Disney Channel, private and public schools and others. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show, the ABC Evening News with Peter Jennings, and Good Morning America. He has been quoted in The New York Times, Parent Magazine, the Ladies Home Journal, Money Magazine and USA Today. Sports Illustrated called him "camping's most articulate spokesman" because of his work with children's summer camps since 1982. He has authored three books for camp professionals, produced 5 training videos and has recently released a Pocket Guide for Counselors. He is best known in camp circles as the author of the popular column, In the Trenches, which appears regularly in Camping Magazine.

Bob brings his clinical training together with his knowledge of young people and organizational development for a powerful combination of programs, including staff interviewing, training and development; mentoring programs; child abuse prevention; team development; group process; and crisis intervention. He has worked with over 400 summer camps throughout the United States, has designed and delivered trainings for Sea World's Adventure Camp program for Junior High and High School students and is chief psychological consultant to the Disney channel in many of their child focused reality TV productions, including Bug Juice and Totally Sports.