Shauna Shapiro

Shapiro graduated summa cum laude from Duke University, and received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arizona. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System She has received training in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness based stress reduction, as well as studied mindfulness meditation in monasteries in Nepal and Thailand. == Academic career ==

Shapiro is a speaker, author and tenured professor at Santa Clara University's graduate department of Counseling Psychology.) of the 2009 book, The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating Mindfulness into Psychology and the Helping Professions, and co-author (with Chris White) of the 2014 book, Mindful Discipline: A Loving Approach to Setting Limits and Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child. ==References==