Daniel J. Siegel | |
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| Born | July 17, 1957 |
| Alma mater | Harvard Medical School UCLA |
| Occupation(s) | Psychiatrist, author |
Daniel J. Siegel (born July 17, 1957) is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the executive director of the Mindsight Institute.
Daniel J. Siegel received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA [1] with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He also served as a post-doctoral fellow in the Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab and Cogfog at UCLA. [2] He served as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA, studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavior, autobiographical memory and narrative.
Siegel is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) [3] , now housed at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Since 2023, MARC’s educational programs have been offered through UCLA Mindful at UCLA Health, while MARC continues to focus on research. He is also the executive director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational organization that promotes insight, compassion, and empathy through online and in-person programs. In addition, Siegel serves as editor-in-chief of the Norton Professional Series in Interpersonal Neurobiology and is a co-investigator at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain & Development [4] . A Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, he has authored numerous books, including The Mindful Therapist, The Developing Mind, Mindsight, The Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama Discipline, and Aware.
Siegel has published extensively for the professional audience. He is the author of numerous articles, chapters, and the text, The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are (2012). This book introduces the field of interpersonal neurobiology, and has been utilized by a number of clinical and research organizations worldwide. Siegel serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which contains over sixty textbooks. The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being (2007) explores the nature of mindful awareness as a process that harnesses the social circuitry of the brain as it promotes mental, physical, and relational health. The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration (2010), explores the application of focusing techniques for the clinician's own development, as well as their clients' development of mindsight and neural integration. Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind (2012), explores how to apply the interpersonal neurobiology approach to developing a healthy mind, an integrated brain, and empathic relationships. Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human (2016) offers a deep exploration of our mental lives as they emerge from the body and our relations to each other and the world around us. His book Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence (2018) provides practical instruction for mastering the Wheel of Awareness, a tool for cultivating more focus, presence, and peace in one's day-to-day life. Siegel's publications for professionals and the public have been translated into over 40 languages.
Siegel's book, Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation (2010), offers the general reader an in-depth exploration of the power of the mind to integrate the brain and promote well-being. He has written five parenting books, including Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain (2014); [5] The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Brain and No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, both with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD., The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child (2018) also with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD., and Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive (2003) with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.
Siegel developed the field of Interpersonal Neurobiology , an interdisciplinary framework drawing on multiple scientific disciplines to explain subjective and relational experience, and his recent work integrates this approach with mindfulness practice, proposing that mindfulness is a refined process of both interpersonal and intrapersonal attunement. [6]
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