Dan Siegel, MD, is a Harvard-trained physician, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. He is also the executive director of the Mindsight Institute, which focuses on the development of mindsight, which teaches insight, empathy, and integration in individuals, families, and communities.

An award-winning educator, Siegel has published extensively for both the professional and lay audiences. His four New York Times best sellers are Mind, Brainstorm, and two books with Tina Payne Bryson: The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. His other books include The Developing Mind, Mindsight, The Mindful Brain, and The Mindful Therapist.

Dan Siegel also serves as the founding editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which contains more than 50 textbooks.