Dr. Arthur Giacalone is a Clinical/Consulting psychologist in private practice in Walnut Creek, California, USA. He has taught widely in a number of venues throughout North America, Scotland, Italy, Cyprus, Hong Kong and China. Dr. Giacalone has studied, practiced and taught meditation and its applications to psychotherapy for over 35 years. In 1994 he Co-Founded The Institute of Contemplative Studies, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the training of graduate and postgraduate psychologists and psychotherapists. From 1989-1991 he held the position of Chairman in the Graduate School for the Study of Human Consciousness at John F. Kennedy University. He has been a continuing education provider for the California Psychological Association since its inception in 1994. Dr. Giacalone has also served as a management consultant and trainer in solution-focused coaching, organization development, and competency based executive hiring . The International Thomas Merton Society elected Dr. Giacalone a 2004-05, William Shannon Fellow for a documentary he is producing on Thomas Merton and Contemplation entitled, Silent Lamp: Thomas Merton on Contemplative Life and the Mysteries of the Heart.