Welcome to Therapist Unsensored, a podcast where therapists freely speak their minds about real life matters. Hi, I'm Patty Allwell with Therapist Uncensored and I'm here with my co-host

Sumeriot. We have been telling you that we were going to be interviewing Dr.

Dan Siegel and today is the day. We are really excited. Sue and I and our third

co-host and Kelly have been going to trainings with Dr. Siegel and following his

writing for years. So this is really a big day for us.

Dr. Siegel is an internationally acclaimed author, award-winning educator, and a Harvard

trained child psychiatrist.

He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry

at the UCLA School of Medicine.

He is also the executive director of the Mindsight Institute.

That's an educational center in LA

devoted to promoting insight, compassion, and empathy

in individuals, families, institutions, and communities. and of being human has been named to the New York Times Extended Science list.

He has written and edited a bazillion books.

Some highlights are Mindsight, the Developing, and Parenting From the Inside Out.

Parenting from the Inside Out is definitely the best parenting book I have ever read.

To find a more extensive list of his publications, please go to our resource page.

Dr. Siegel is a pioneer in the field of interpersonal neurobiology and has spent many years educating researchers,

clinicians, parents, and the public on how to apply the knowledge from

this interdisciplinary field to improve mental health and

relationships. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. So

enjoy the interview. You will notice my froggy voice, the result of a stubborn cold.

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