About

Dr. Frederic Luskin is a psychologist who has been teaching at Stanford University for the past 30 years. He has a Ph. D in Counseling and Health Psychology from Stanford University and holds clinical licenses as a Psychologist and a Marriage and Family Counselor. Currently he is on the faculty for the GSB Executive Education program where he teaches mindfulness, emotional intelligence, psychological safety, and positive psychology to executives from all over the world. When not at Stanford, Dr. Luskin often speaks to a variety of audiences, including investors, corporate leaders, medical and mental health professionals, educators and several other organizations and individuals.

He also serves as Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects. The forgiveness projects sponsor teaching and research that validate his nine steps to forgiveness. Dr. Luskin is one of the world’s recognized authorities on forgiveness, both of self and others and has taught forgiveness to tens of thousands of people.

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Dr. Luskin is the author of the best-selling books Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness, Forgive for Love: The missing ingredient for a Healthy and Lasting Relationship, and Stress Free for Good: Ten Scientifically Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness. He is in the process of completing his most recent work Forgive for Recovery, a forgiveness workbook for people and their families in recovery.

Among other accomplishments, Dr. Luskn has worked as a Research Associate in Preventive Cardiology and as a Lecturer in Wellness Education at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has also served as a Senior Consultant in Wellness at Vaden Health Center. He has taught classes at Stanford on Mindfulness, Meditation, Forgiveness, Storytelling, Health Psychology, Happiness, and Positive Psychology to hundreds of students and scholars of all ages, genders, and backgrounds.

Dr. Luskin is co-founder and curriculum creator for the executive consulting firm Maximize Your Talent. For 20 years MYT has offered training and coaching in emotional intelligence and how to use these skills at home and at work. MYT’s research has shown that teaching/coaching in emotional intelligence strongly reduces psychological distress while enhancing physical and emotional wellbeing. Dr. Luskin’s research for MYT shows how this work creates significant growth in sales and performance in financial services advising.