Seth Zuihō Segall, Ph.D. was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest in the White Plum Asanga and Zen Peacemaker Order lineages by Daiken Nelson Roshi and is affiliated with Pamsula Zen of Westchester. Before studying Zen, he was an Insight Meditation practitioner. He is a retired clinical psychologist who was formally Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine, Director of Psychology at Waterbury Hospital, and president of the New England Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.
Seth’s publications include Encountering Buddhism: Western Psychology and Buddhist Teachings (SUNY Press, 2003), Buddhism and Human Flourishing: A Modern Western Perspective (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020), Living Zen: A Practical Guide to a Peaceful, Positive, and Balanced Life (Rockridge Press, 2020), and The House We Live in: Virtue, Wisdom, and Pluralism (Equinox, 2023), as well as chapters in The Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation (2022) and the Springer Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality (2022). He is a contributing editor for Tricycle Magazine and the science writer for the Mindfulness Research Monthly. His work focuses on integrating Asian and Western approaches to human flourishing within a naturalistic, pragmatic framework.