DEANE H. SHAPIRO, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the University ofCalifornia, Irvine. He has served for several years as a member ofthe Clinical Faculty at Stanford University Medical School and asDean of Academic Affairs at the Pacific Graduate School ofPsychology, and he was cofounder and president of the Institute forthe Advancement of Human Behavior. He is also the author/coeditorof more than one hundred scientific and professional publications.His books include Precision Nirvana: Care and Maintenance of theMind: An Owner's Manual; Meditation: Self-Regulation Strategy andAltered States of Consciousness; and Beyond Health and Normality:Explorations of Exceptional Psychological Well-being.

JOHN ASTIN, PhD, holds a doctorate in health psychology from theUniversity of California, Irvine. He is currently a research fellowat the Stanford Center for Research in "An excellent, comprehensivesurvey of the state of the art in control theory andtherapy."--Ellen McGrath, PhD, Past President, Division ofPsychotherapy, Division of Media Psychology, American PsychologicalAssociation