THOMAS PLANTE, PHD., ABPP, is the Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., University Professor and Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, Religious Studies at Santa Clara University and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a licensed psychologist in private clinical practice in Menlo Park, California. He has published over 200 scientific journal articles and book chapters, as well as 24 books.