Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi, Ph.D., is associate professor of psychology and chair of the Desk of North America at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, and an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate Program in Psychology at York University, Canada. He is the recipient of the Ellen Langer International Mindfulness Award and runs psychotherapeutic and coaching programs for clinicians, practitioners, and businesses all over the world. He completed his postdoctoral studies in the department of psychology at Harvard University, where he has also served as a teaching fellow, an associate, and a fellow. In addition to teaching at Harvard, he has also taught for the department of psychology at the University of British Columbia, Western Washington University, University of Massachusetts in Boston, University of Toronto, York University, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Endicott College, and Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis.