Daniel J. Siegel, MD, received his medical degree from Harvard University
and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in
pediatrics, child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. 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.
He is currently an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA
School of Medicine where he is on the faculty of the Center for Culture,
Brain, and Development. Dr. Siegel is the co-editor of a handbook of
psychiatry and the author of numerous articles, chapters, and the
internationally acclaimed text, The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology
of Interpersonal Experience (1999). His most recent books include Healing
Trauma (2003), co-authored with Marion Solomon, Ph.D., and Parenting From
the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self Understanding Can Help You Raise Children
Who Thrive (2003), co-authored with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.