Contributed by Ronald Siegel
We’ve put together a video reel of therapists sharing some of the playful moments they’ve had with clients... Read more
IFS and Chronic Pain
Listening to Inner Parts that Hold the HurtIf most chronic pain is maintained by complex mind–body interactions, how can therapists help treat it? Read more
The Fiction of the Self
The Paradox of Mindfulness in Clinical PracticeIf we engage in meditation long enough, we discover that our sense of being a separate, coherent, enduring self is actually a delusion maintained by our... Read more
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: The Precursor to Mindfulness Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Brings Eastern Mindfulness Techniques to Western MedicineIn the late 1970s, before mindfulness exercises caught on in psychotherapy, mindfulness meditation was making inroads into the medical community. This was... Read more
Mindfulness Therapy: Three Reasons it’s Revolutionizing the Psychotherapy Field
Why Meditation in the West Went from Being Relegated to Counterculture, to Becoming the Hallmark of Mindfulness TherapyTherapists of the '70s and '80s saw meditation as either a fading hippie pursuit or a nonvaluable relaxation method. On the other hand, meditation teachers... Read more
Wisdom In Psychotherapy
Can We Afford It?It wasn’t their research results or bestselling books that set apart Freud, Rogers, Minuchin, and Satir. They seemed to have a sense of what really mattered... Read more
West Meets East
Creating a New Wisdom TraditionAs mindfulness practices work their way into the psychotherapeutic mainstream, we’re starting to ask more clinically sophisticated questions: Who needs what... Read more
Ronald Siegel
Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for more than 25 years. He is a longtime student of mindfulness meditation and serves on the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. He teaches internationally about mindfulness and psychotherapy and mind/body treatment, has worked for many years in community mental health with inner city children and families, and maintains a private clinical practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Dr. Siegel is co-author of the self-treatment guide Back Sense, which integrates Western and Eastern approaches for treating chronic back pain; co-editor of the critically acclaimed professional text, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and author of the new step-by-step comprehensive guide for general audiences The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems,