Shauna L. Shapiro, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, licensed clinical psychologist, and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness.  Dr. Shapiro has conducted extensive research investigating the effects of mindfulness and has published over 70 articles in addition to co-authoring the critically acclaimed professional text, The Art and Science of Mindfulness, with forward by Jon Kabat-Zinn.  Dr. Shapiro lectures and leads mindfulness training programs internationally and has been invited to present for the King of Thailand, the Danish Government Centre for Development of Human Resources, Andrew Weil’s Integrative Medicine Program, and the World Council for Psychotherapy, Beijing, China.