Keith A. Kaufman, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the mental training of athletes and others who wish to improve their health and performance. He has operated his own private practice since 2008, and currently has office locations in Washington, DC and Fairfax, Virginia. He is also a research associate at The Catholic University of America (CUA), Washington, DC, where he codirects the Sport Psychology Lab and teaches undergraduate sport psychology. He codeveloped mindful sport performance enhancement (MSPE) and has coauthored two chapters on mindfulness and sport, along with writing or contributing to numerous articles on fitness, sport psychology, mindful sport performance, and dealing with athletic burnout and injury.

Dr. Kaufman obtained his bachelor of arts in both psychology and exercise and sport science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received the Patrick F. Earey Award for the outstanding senior exercise and sport science major. He earned his doctorate from CUA and completed his predoctoral internship at Virginia Tech, training under the athletic department's in-house sport psychologist and receiving an American College Counseling Association special commendation for meritorious service following the 2007 shootings. He is a member of APA and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and can be contacted through his websites: [...] and [...].

Carol R. Glass, PhD, is a professor of psychology at CUA in Washington, DC, where she is a faculty member in the PhD program in clinical psychology and received the James Dornan Memorial Undergraduate Educator of the Year Award in 2010. Her research interests include the role of cognition in anxiety, psychotherapy integration, and mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches to alleviate anxiety and stress and to promote peak performance. She codirects the Sport Psychology Lab at CUA, and is one of the developers of MSPE. She is the author of more than 100 articles and chapters, as well as a coeditor of the book Cognitive Assessment. Additionally, she served on the editorial board of Cognitive Therapy and Research for more than 20 years as well as on the editorial board of the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. She is currently a member of the CUA Athletic Advisory Board.

Dr. Glass is a member of the Advisory Board (and former Steering Committee member) of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration and a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She is also a fellow of APA (Society of Clinical Psychology) and member of the Society for Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. She has more than 30 years of experience as a practicing clinical psychologist in Washington, DC and Bethesda, Maryland.

Timothy R. Pineau, PhD, is currently the outreach coordinator at the Marymount University Counseling Center in Arlington, Virginia, and he has a private practice in Washington, DC. Mindfulness is a cornerstone of his personal life and clinical work. As part of his work at Marymount, Dr. Pineau offers individual and group therapy, as well as drop-in sessions and workshops that emphasize mindfulness principles. He has coauthored two book chapters and a journal article on the topic of mindfulness and sports, and has spearheaded a research initiative at Marymount to examine the use of MSPE with college sports teams. He also has taught courses in mindfulness and meditation and the history of psychology at CUA, Washington, DC, and contributes to research in the CUA Sport Psychology Lab.

Dr. Pineau received his bachelor of science in clinical psychology, with a double major in philosophy, from Tufts University. He completed his doctoral training at CUA, which is where he joined his current coauthors in the Sport Psychology Lab and took the lead on expanding and enhancing MSPE into its present 6-week version. His more than a decade of experience in rowing (as a competitor and a coach) has been a significant influence on his work. Finally, he is a member of APA, American Group Psychotherapy Association, and Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and is a licensed clinical psychologist in both Virginia and Washington, DC.

Foreword
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Preface
Introduction

Part I. Being a Mindful Performer
Chapter 1. Overcoming the Mental Training Paradox
Chapter 2. The Long Past but Short History of Mindfulness in Sport
Chapter 3. Going With the Flow: Mindfulness and Peak Performance

Part II. Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement
Chapter 4. MSPE Session 1: Building Mindfulness Fundamentals
Chapter 5. MSPE Session 2: Strengthening the Muscle of AttentionMSPE Session 3: Stretching the Body's Limits Mindfully
Chapter 6. MSPE Session 4: Embracing "What Is" in Stride
Chapter 7. MSPE Session 5: Embodying the Mindful Performer
Chapter 8. MSPE Session 6: Ending the Beginning

Part III. Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement: Theory, Research, Practice, and Beyond
Chapter 10. Pathways From MSPE to Peak Performance
Chapter 11. Empirical Support for MSPE
Chapter 12. Tips for Participants: Getting the Most Out of MSPE
Chapter 13. Tips for Leaders: Enhancing the Effectiveness of MSPE
Chapter 14. Performance Applications Beyond Sport

Part IV. Case Studies
Chapter 15. Case Study 1: John the Outfielder
Chapter 16. Case Study 2: Angie the Basketball Coach

References
Index
About the Authors