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practice in New York.
    Rosillo Gonzalez Yolanda is a clinical psychologist and a cognitive-
    behavioural psychoterapist. She works as a private practitioner in a Medi-
    cal Center for Eating Disorders connected with Villa Margherita Clinic in
    Vicenza, Italy. She practice mindfulness meditation for many years and has
    been trained by M. Williams, J. Kabat-Zinn and F. Didonna. She conducted, as
    a co-leader, for several years mindfulness-based groups in inpatient and out-
    patient setting for patients affected by severe anxiety, mood and personality
    disorders.
    Schwartz Jeffrey M., M.D. is Research Psychiatrist at UCLA School of
    Medicine and a seminal thinker and researcher in the field of self-directed
    neuroplasticity. He has been a devoted practitioner of mindfulness medita-
    tion in the Pali Theravada Buddhist tradition for over thirty years. His primary
    research goal has been to develop a theoretically grounded scientific account
    for the finding that mindful awareness systematically affects how the brain
    works. He is co-author of the book. The Mind and The Brain: Neuroplasticity
    and the Power of Mental Force (2002). New York: Harper Collins.
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    Contributors
    Segal Zindel, PhD, is the Morgan Firestone Chair in Psychotherapy in the
    Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is Head of the
    Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental
    Health and is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology
    at the University of Toronto. Dr. Segal is the author of Mindfulness-based
    Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A new approach for preventing relapse
    and The Mindful Way Through Depression . His research has helped to char-
    acterize psychological markers of relapse vulnerability to affective disorder
    and he continues to advocate for the relevance of mindfulness-based clinical
    care in psychiatry and mental health.
    Shaw Welch Stacy, Ph.D is a clinical psychologist at the Evidence-Based
    Treatment Centers of Seattle, which includes a Dialectical Behavior Ther-
    apy treatment program. In addition to her work in DBT, she directs a center
    devoted to the treatment of anxiety. She has a longstanding interest in the
    use of mindfulness in DBT as well as in possible applications of mindfulness
    in the treatment of anxiety disorders.
    Siegel Ronald D., PsyD is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at
    Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for over 20 years. He is a long
    time student of mindfulness meditation and serves on the Board of Direc-
    tors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Dr. Siegel
    teaches throughout the United States about mindfulness and psychotherapy
    and mind/body treatment, while maintaining a private clinical practice in
    Lincoln, Massachusetts. He is coeditor of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
    (Guilford Press) and coauthor of Back Sense: A Revolutionary Approach to
    Halting the Cycle of Chronic Back Pain (Broadway Books).
    Smalley Susan L., Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry, Founder and
    Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center in the Semel Insti-
    tute at UCLA, investigates the genetic basis of childhood-onset psy-
    chiatric disorders, such as ADHD, and the role of mindful awareness
    (and other tools of self-regulation) to influence gene/environmental
    interactions to enhance health and well-being. Her research includes stud-
    ies of biological mechanisms, longitudinal course, intervention, and
    dissemination
    of
    mindful
    awareness
    practices
    (MAPs)
    across
    the
    lifespan,
    from
    Pre-K
    to
    the
    elderly.
    http://www.adhd.ucla.edu
    and
    http://www.marc.ucla.edu.
    Tirch Dennis PhD is the Director of Education at the American Institute For
    Cognitive Therapy in Manhattan. He serves as an Adjunct Associate Profes-
    sor at Albert Einstein Medical School, an Instructor to psychiatric residents
    in CBT at New York Medical College, and is a Fellow of The Academy of Cog-
    nitive Therapy. Dr. Tirch is a long time