"Working Through Stress with Kindness and Compassion" with Timothy Harrison

Timothy Harrison, Associate Director for CBCT® at the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics at Emory University, oversees the center’s programs, including the teacher certification process and implementation of CBCT for research purposes.

As a Senior Instructor, Tim has taught clinicians at the Cleveland Clinic and the Cambridge Health Alliance, as well as nurses through the Emory Nursing Professional Development Center. He has taught CBCT to teens in foster care, incarcerated individuals, college students and HIV+ patients. Ongoing courses include CBCT for students at the Emory School of Medicine, chaplain residents in Emory’s hospitals, and teachers in the Atlanta Public Schools.

Tim has consulted on a number of peer-reviewed published research projects with special populations, including veterans with PTSD, breast cancer survivors, and parents of autistic children. He also directs the implementation of CBCT as part of a 5-year research grant funded by the US Department of Education for training and supporting new public school teachers.

Tim has a Master’s degree from Harvard University and practiced different forms of meditation for two decades before training in CBCT.

Timothy Harrison joined the staff of the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics (formerly Emory-Tibet Partnership) in 2013 and is the associate director for CBCT®(Cognitively-Based Compassion Training). In this capacity, he coordinates the expanding CBCT® Teacher Certification program as well as the provision of CBCT® for research studies. Harrison teaches CBCT® courses to students at the Emory School of Medicine and to residents in the Emory Healthcare Spiritual Health education program.  Additionally, he teaches CBCT® to undergraduate students through Emory’s Counseling and Psychological Services, and he works with several community outreach and research programs, offering CBCT® to public school teachers, vulnerable children and adolescents, and participants in numerous research studies. Harrison was a long-term practitioner of both lo jong and Zen meditation before expanding his outreach to those of various backgrounds through CBCT®.

In this conversation Tim teaches us to become aware of stress in our own bodies, and how that simple act of noticing is the first step of working through it. He talks about early signs and long-term consequences of prolonged stress, and shares how practicing kindness and compassion towards self and those around can help alleviate our suffering. Tune in to learn more!

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