Integration made visible is kindness and compassion
Neural integration – the linkage among differentiated aspects of the brain – allows for flexibility and adaptability, and expresses itself outwardly as harmony, kindness and compassion.
ABOUT DAN
Dan Siegel is the executive director of the Mindsight Institute and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, where he was also principal co-investigator of the Center for Culture, Brain and Development and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine.
An award-winning educator, Dan is the author of five New York Times bestsellers and over fifteen other books which have been translated into over forty languages. As the founding editor of the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (“IPNB”), Dan has overseen the publication of over one hundred books in the transdisciplinary IPNB framework which focuses on the mind and mental health.
A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dan completed his postgraduate training at UCLA specializing in pediatrics, and adult, adolescent, and child psychiatry. He was trained in attachment research and narrative analysis through a National Institute of Mental Health research training fellowship focusing on how relationships shape our autobiographical ways of making sense of our lives and influence our development across the lifespan.
Dr. Dan Siegel
In The Media
New book helps parents become present with their kids
Good Morning America Interview
Presence, Parenting and the Planet
Dan @ Google
Mind, Self and Consciousness
Garrison Institute
Dr. Dan Siegel
The Verdict Is In — The case for attachment theory
While many schools of psychotherapy have held that our early experiences with our caretakers have a powerful impact on our adult functioning, there have been
The Psychological Effects of the Conflicting Stories We Hear
Whatever one’s political beliefs—and I myself live in a family with many disparate views represented—one thing is clear: there are psychological consequences to the protracted
Expanding Your Holiday HUB
This time of year, between Thanksgiving and the winter holidays can be filled with a wide range of feelings, from joy and gratitude to longing
Learn With Dr. Dan Siegel
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Testimonials
Dan is a natural storyteller. The lectures are both an accessible guide into understanding the human mind and an eloquent examination of relationships that are scientifically accurate and understandable to the lay clinician.
Mario Cepeda, MFT
Freud’s theory of the unconscious and Darwin’s model of evolution continue to help us understand the findings from current research on human behavior....Daniel Siegel’s theory of Mindsight— the brain’s capacity for both insight and empathy—offers a similar 'Aha!' "
Daniel Goleman
Author, Emotional Intelligence
I am excited to use the Wheel of Awareness to foster integration in my patients, who I treat with a fusion of neurology and yoga.
Amelia Barrett, M.D.
Neurologist
Wheel of Awareness
Learn the basics of Dan’s groundbreaking mindfulness practice, the Wheel of Awareness, that has been used with hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
Invite Dan to Speak
Dr. Dan Siegel’s unique ability to make complicated scientific concepts easy to understand and exciting has led him to be invited to address diverse local, national and international groups of mental health professionals, neuroscientists, corporate leaders, educators, parents, public administrators, healthcare providers, policy-makers, and clergy.
He has been invited to lecture for the King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Nike and the Parliaments of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Ireland.