He is a graduate of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and earned a master's degree in mindfulness meditation research from NYU's Gallatin Program of Individualized Study. Dr. Neale complements his Western clinical training with twenty years studying the traditional mind science and meditative arts of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, has conducted extensive field research while living in various monasteries throughout Asia, and maintained long-term, mentoring relationships with preeminent American Buddhist scholars and Tibetan meditation masters.