Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Published: July 22, 2019, 5:49 p.m.

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Elle Russ chats with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.\\xa0- a graduate of Harvard Medical School who completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, founding co-director of UCLA\\u2019s Mindful Awareness Research Center, founding co-investigator at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain and Development, and executive director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational center devoted to promoting insight, compassion, and empathy in individuals, families, institutions, and communities.

Dr. Siegel\\u2019s psychotherapy practice spans thirty years, and he has published extensively for the professional audience. He serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which includes over 70 textbooks. Dr. Siegel\\u2019s books include\\xa0his five New York Times bestsellers:\\xa0Aware: The science and practice of presence; Brainstorm:\\xa0The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain\\xa0Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, and two books with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.:\\xa0The Whole-Brain Child\\xa0and\\xa0No-Drama Discipline. His other books include:\\xa0The Developing Mind\\xa0(2nd Ed.), The Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, Mindsight, The Mindful Brain,\\xa0The Mindful Therapist, Parenting from the Inside Out (with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.), The Yes Brain\\xa0(also with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D). He has been invited to lecture for the King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Google University, and TEDx.\\xa0

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SELECTED LINKS

www.DrDanSiegel.com\\xa0

www.mindsightinstitute.com.

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