# Daniel Siegel

Neuroscientist and psychiatrist who integrates interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, and mindfulness — brain development and relational health.

**Lived:** 1957–present
**Training:** Medical degree from Harvard Medical School; postgraduate training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry at UCLA; post-doctoral fellowship in learning and cognition at UCLA; NIMH Research Fellow at UCLA
**Affiliation:** Clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine; executive director of the Mindsight Institute; founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA

## Key works

- *The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal Experience* (1999)
- *The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being* (2007)
- *The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration* (2010)
- *Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation* (2010)
- *The Developing Mind, Second Edition: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are* (2012)
- *Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence* (2018)