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Biographies

Dan Siegel, M.D., Executive Director
Dan Siegel received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and 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. An award-winning educator, Dan Siegel is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine where he is a Co-Investigator at the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development (cbd.ucla.edu) and is Co-Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (marc.ucla.edu). Dan Siegel is the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational organization that focuses on how the development of insight, compassion and empathy in individuals, families and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes. Dan Siegel is the author of the internationally acclaimed text, The Developing Mind:  Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal Experience (1999).  He serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology.  His book with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., Parenting from the Inside Out:  How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive (2003) explores the application of this newly emerging view of the mind, the brain, and human relationships.  His latest book is The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being(2007) and his next book Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation is due out in December 2009.
For Dan Siegel’s curriculum vitae, please click here.

Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., Director of Parenting Education and Development
Tina Payne Bryson is a lecturer, parent-educator, and mom.  Tina is the Director of Parenting Education and Development and the contact person for inquiries regarding Parenting from the Inside Out.  She is an expert contributor for eHarmony’s parenting website, and she frequently speaks to parents, teachers, and professionals about how to understand relationships in the context of the changing brain.  Tina has her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, where her research explored attachment science, childrearing theory, and interpersonal neurobiology, but emphasizes that before she’s an educator or researcher or writer, she’s a mom.  She says that along with her husband, Scott, parenting her three boys is what makes her happiest. By visiting TinaBryson.com, you can read her articles, hear her podcasts, and learn more about Tina’s brain-centered approach to parenting and other relationships. You can also contact her directly at parenting@TinaBryson.com.

Aubrey Henderson Siegel, Director of Multimedia Communications
Aubrey comes to the Mindsight Institute from the field of entertainment where she was an agent to writers and directors at International Creative Management, a Vice President at Mandate Films, and a co-producer and executive producer of various feature films. Drawn to psychology, she left entertainment to become a psychodynamic therapist. As her study of psychology led to a deeper interest and understanding of mindfulness and the brain, working with the Mindsight Institute was a natural fit, and Aubrey now helps develop Mindsight web and media content and interface.  Aubrey has her Master of Arts in Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles and is also currently working as an intern at The Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills.

Stephanie Hamilton, Executive Administrator
Stephanie earned her Bachelor’s in Communication Studies at UCLA and worked in the music industry for several years. She also managed operations for a large performing arts academy.  Looking for more meaning in her career, Stephanie began working with special needs children and there she found her passion: working with children with neuro-developmental challenges including Autistic Spectrum Disorder.  Seeing the positive effects of parental attunement, resonance and contingent communication on the development of children, Stephanie came to The Mindsight Institute to further explore the integration of the mind, the body and relationships.  In addition to her continuing work with children and Floortime Therapy (the D.I.R. model), Stephanie is also the primary contact for people interested in finding out more about the Mindsight Institute, including seminars and speaking engagements.  She may be contacted at info@mindsightinstitute.com.

Eric Bergemann, Ph.D., M.B.A., Director of Professional Education and Training
Eric Bergemann received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California where he wrote his dissertation on the relationship among yoga, meditation, and empathy in psychotherapists from a psycho-neurobiological perspective. He received his M.A. in clinical psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Dr. Bergemann also holds an M.B.A. in finance and international business from the University of Chicago. He has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 2003 and is interested in the intersection of neuroscience, contemplative practice, and psychotherapy. Dr. Bergemann post-doctoral training and private practice includes children, adolescents, and adults for both psychotherapy and psycho-diagnostic testing.