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The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) Illustrated Edition, Kindle Edition

by Daniel J. Siegel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 322 ratings

Bringing mindfulness techniques to your psychotherapeutic work with clients.


An integrated state of mindful awareness is crucial to achieving mental health. Daniel J. Siegel, an internationally recognized expert on mindfulness and therapy, reveals practical techniques that enable readers to harness their energies to promote healthy minds within themselves and their clients. He charts the nine integrative functions that emerge from the profoundly interconnecting circuits of the brain, including bodily regulation, attunement, emotional balance, response flexibility, fear extinction, insight, empathy, morality, and intuition.



A practical, direct-immersion, high-emotion, low-techno-speak book, The Mindful Therapist engages readers in a personal and professional journey into the ideas and process of mindful integration that lie at the heart of health and nurturing relationships.
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"In my 40 years of practice, I can count on one hand the number of books I would call seminal. After reading The Mindful Therapist, that number just increased by one. Scientifically grounded, evidence-based, compassionate, and exquisitely human, this approach will fundamentally change the way we do psychotherapy. I hope everyone who practices our craft reads this book, and I hope they read it often."
― Daniel Gottlieb, PhD, Host, "Voices in the Family," WHYY FM Radio

"[T]hose of us interested in mindfulness, both for ourselves and for our clients, will find this book a vault of new discoveries…an excellent resource and training manual….Siegel has set up the exercises to benefit both therapists and their clients; this approach gives even more value to the book….[C]ould be used by couples working through problems, professors attempting to better connect with their students, employees wishing to relate to their bosses, or even just everyday people seeking to improve their relationships with those around them."
― Philosophical Practice

"[A]n in-depth resource, encapsulating both the essence and the process of a unique, neurophysiological approach to psychotherapy."
― USABP Newsletter

"The internationally renowned Dan Siegel has written a truly wonderful book on the essence and process of psychotherapy. Developing his unique neurophysiological approach to empathy, mindfulness, and change, and illuminating the importance of therapist presence, openness, attunement and resonance, Siegel writes with deep compassion and scholarly wisdom. A source of deep reflection and learning, this book is a gift to new and old therapists alike. Our understanding of the micro-skills of the therapeutic endeavor has been significantly advanced."
― Paul Gilbert, PhD, author of The Compassionate Mind and professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Derby, UK

"Dr. Dan Siegel absolutely gets it―the synthesis of psychotherapy and neuroscience―and translates it into engaging prose, pithy acronyms, and compelling practices. The Mindful Therapist is an irresistible, inspiring guide to cultivating our healing presence."
― John C. Norcross, PhD, ABPP, President, APA Society of Clinical Psychology

About the Author

DANIEL J. SIEGEL, MD, is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School, Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine, where he is Co-Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed, best-selling The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being and the co-editor of The Healing Power of Emotion and Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body, and Brain.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003R7L912
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Illustrated edition (May 3, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 3, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 653 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
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Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, founding co-director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, founding co-investigator at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain and Development, and executive director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational center devoted to promoting insight, compassion, and empathy in individuals, families, institutions, and communities.

Dr. Siegel’s psychotherapy practice spans thirty years, and he has published extensively for the professional audience. He serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which includes over 70 textbooks. Dr. Siegel’s books include his five New York Times bestsellers: Aware: The science and practice of presence, Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, and two books with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.: The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. His other books include: The Power of Showing Up and The Yes Brain (also with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.), The Developing Mind, The Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, Mindsight, The Mindful Brain, The Mindful Therapist, and Parenting from the Inside Out (with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.). He has been invited to lecture for the King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Google University, and TEDx.

For more information about his educational programs and resources, please visit: www.DrDanSiegel.com and www.mindsightinstitute.com.

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Customers find the book provides valuable insights, helping them understand the mind and offering useful information for their practice. One customer notes its importance for professional and personal development.

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"...scientific (over my head at more times than one) and every-day experiences and applications...." Read more

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"...the investment for unpacking the nuances and potential of sophisticated mindfulness practice well beyond the vast majority of teaching available...." Read more

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Customers find the content of the book well-documented and useful, with one customer noting that it builds upon itself throughout.

"...The book continuously reviews and builds upon itself, so by the end, I had taken away much more than I realized, and was understanding things I had..." Read more

"Tour de force! Best advanced mindfulness text I have seen. Not just for therapists...." Read more

"..." or "Reflective function" has been around for years, Seigel does a great job of giving us practical tools to promote wellness and integration...." Read more

"Really powerful read. As a counselor in trainee this book gives you an insight in the mind of how to be a great therapists...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's unique style, with one noting its carefully nuanced approach and another highlighting its graphic descriptions.

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Customers have mixed opinions about the readability of the book, with several finding it difficult to read and noting it is not written for novices.

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  • Rodages
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interpersonal Neurobiology on the frontier
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2024
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    The book is a guide to the mindfulness paradigm, with rich details on processes and concepts.
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  • Daxx
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for any clinician
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2021
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    Stick with this book. It vacillates between highly scientific (over my head at more times than one) and every-day experiences and applications. The book continuously reviews and builds upon itself, so by the end, I had taken away much more than I realized, and was understanding things I hadn’t understood the first time they were covered. After finishing this book, I am finding myself connecting to my clients in deeper ways, even without any special effort to do so.
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  • Amy Dinoble
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource
    Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2010
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    Dr. Siegel's latest work, The Mindful Therapist, is an excellent, unique resource for therapists. Throughout my training as a therapist, I have read many books about the various aspects involved in the therapeutic process, however, this is the first book I have found that addresses what therapists can do, and need to do, on a personal level to be most helpful in the therapeutic process. While The Mindful Therapist seems to be written as a guide for clinicians, this information is applicable to anyone who wants to explore themselves and their relationships in greater depth. In this book, Dr. Siegel provides an incredible amount of information that allows the reader to understand the physiological and psychological processes as well as how past experiences contribute to our present relationships. In addition, his elegant, creative style allows for a flowing, engaging read.

    Thank you, Dr. Siegel, for this wonderful and incredibly useful resource!
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  • Seth Kahan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best advanced mindfulness text I have seen
    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2015
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    Tour de force! Best advanced mindfulness text I have seen. Not just for therapists. Must have a high tolerance for relevant brain function and neuro research. But, even if that is not your cup of tea it is so worth the investment for unpacking the nuances and potential of sophisticated mindfulness practice well beyond the vast majority of teaching available. GREAT book for leaders of all kinds, both self-leadership and leading others. A unique. powerful, well-developed, integrated approach. Highly recommended.
    13 people found this helpful
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  • Olaf Holm Cox
    4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best lessons to keep with me is that Dr
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2016
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    One of the best lessons to keep with me is that Dr. Siegel is able to fit perfectly concepts and clinical facts as "laying on the same track" the attention focusing of being Mindful (attention) and the cultivation of Compassion (intention), something that for other authors seems to be a problem.

    With regard to other aspects of our daily task as therapists I do believe that Dr. Siegel has, once again, writen something easy and clear to be read, of great usefulness if we want to achieve the best of us during our work with clients and why not, out of the office too, a way of living.
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  • Charles Sawyer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Put it to work!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2010
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    I have become a big fan of Daniel Siegel's. Since reading Parenting From The Inside Out, I have read almost all of his books as I am counselor for youth and adults and do a great deal of trauma work as well. I am an EMDR therapist and find this book and his other "Mindsight" to be hugely helpful to giving the necessary resources to my clients. I received my advanced certification for EMDR recently and found many of the work to be centered around the same principles.

    While this concept of "Theory of the Mind" or "Reflective function" has been around for years, Seigel does a great job of giving us practical tools to promote wellness and integration. I love this book.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2012
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    This is the kind of book every therapist will find useful, besides his or her theoretical orientation. Siegel brilliantly describes how those abilities for good therapy are utterly aligned with brain functions. The book is filled with plenty of exercices to develop and improve them. I'm glad to find that concepts developed from the psychological theories, such as "resonance", "attunemet", "countertransference", "contact", "organ sensation", etc can be re-defined and confirmed in the neurobiological investigation. One can see the work of a very experienced therapist, speaking about those details and specific stuff of a therapy process, detached from any theoretical abstractions - common ground in the literature of this field. It's easy to think that Interpersonal Neurobiology is becoming the roots for the future of psychoterapy.
    Absolutelly recomended!!!
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  • taaj
    3.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to Read
    Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2012
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    This book came highly recommended to me. I wanted to love it, but frankly, it's not interesting and is just too hard to read. I was reading at an eleventh grade level in the third grade, so I am not stupid, but the frustration of getting through a page- let alone a chapter- kept me from knowing what it contains. I've picked it up several times thinking that maybe I was just not in the right frame of mind to accept what it had to offer. Each time I get the same reaction. If it were in an auditory form, it might be more palatable for me

    Just for fun, I ran a sample of the writing though a Flesch-Kincaid readability calculator and the sample scored an 18. That means that it's targeted to university graduates. Legalese tends to rate about a 10, so that will give you some idea of what you are in for. Even as a professional, I found it tedious and very hard to read. I don't want to struggle through anything, but will do it if it is entertaining and worthwhile. This just didn't do that for me.
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  • Elizabeth Webster
    5.0 out of 5 stars Physician, heal thyself...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2013
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    This is a very valuable handbook for therapists dealing everyday with the wounded of mind and spirit in our world. It provides a clearly set out theoretical framework based on recent developments in neuroscience (and carefully noting where these are still more speculative than established) as well as a lifetime of clinical practice.
    Using a simple visual model of a plane on the x axis - or for the mathematically uncomfortable, let us say a suspended piece of wood, he shows how we can all move quickly from that plane of possibility up any one of many peaks to certainty of action, with a corresponding physical response below the plane (wood). When we reach the peak, we act in one specific way. If we move too quickly from plane to peak, we jump to conclusions, and are not open to other possibilities. Our capacity to see where our clients may be coming from may be blinded by our sitting on one summit far from their consciousness. He reminds us that there is no 'immaculate perception', that we all see things through our own lens of experience and training, but that we can by specific training develop our capacities to be more attuned and open to others' consciousness by better understanding and regulating ourselves.
    He introduces a series of mindfulness exercises to be practices with the book, as he takes us through each aspect of development of mindsight - how we sense and shape energy and information flow in our lives, outlining each exercise, its relationship to a specific skill to be developed and the brain science which may underpin what is happening.
    It is written clearly and the illustrations are good (I have the Kindle edition).
    I will be reading and rereading this book. Buy it!
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  • hadibib
    5.0 out of 5 stars science & sprituality reconciliate
    Reviewed in France on February 22, 2013
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    It is happening right now in the universities of America the neurosciences are comfirming the wisdom of the medittion techiques of the ancient sages. This is all about the practise and the attitude that foster a free and happy living.
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  • Sarah McKinnon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book all Year
    Reviewed in Canada on February 29, 2020
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    A MUST read for social workers, psychologists, and therapists. Dan is a genius. 10/10 recommend, worth every penny.
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  • Claire Martin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2013
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    I am reading this book a chapter at a time because it gives you a lot to reflect on and consider. This book will be very useful in my work.
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  • Natalia Pierce
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource for the elementary counselling office
    Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2017
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    An excellent resource for the elementary counselling office! This is a book I keep in my personal library. Very informative.
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