Randye J. Semple, PhD is the lead developer of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C), an evidence-based therapy that has been implemented around the world. Professor Semple's work in the area of mindfulness with youth has been at the forefront of international interest in mindfulness-based therapies in mental health care for two decades. Her research and clinical interests are in the application of mindfulness to psychological health and well-being with particular focus on the development and evaluation of mindfulness-based interventions for children and adolescents in clinic and school settings. She serves on the steering committees for Mindful USC and the USC Center for Mindfulness Science, the University’s mindfulness initiatives, and on the research committee of the American Mindfulness Research Association. She is co-author of the books Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxious Children and The Mindfulness Matters Program for Children and Adolescents: Strategies, Activities, and Techniques for Therapists and Teachers and has authored or co-authored nearly 60 scientific journal articles, book chapters, and other professional publications.

Professor Semple is the Principal Investigator and Project Director of the USC Child and Adolescent Collaborative for Trauma-Informed Care, a National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). Category III Community Treatment and Service (CTS) Center, which aims to increase access to effective trauma treatment and services for children, adolescents, and their families, who have experience traumatic events. The USC-CACTIC is supported by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA #1H79SM087898).