Timothy Harrison BSc, MArch

Timothy Harrison coordinates the programs of Cognitively- Based Compassion Training (CBCT), including the nine-month-long Teacher Certification program. As Assistant Director of the ETP, Tim supports CBCT teachers as they teach and adapt the meditation protocol for a variety of populations, often for research purposes. Research projects for 2014-2015 include: PTSD patients (San Diego Veteran’s Administration), HIV+ patients (Atlanta Grady HIV Clinic), neonatal intensive care unit nurses (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta), breast cancer survivors (University of Arizona), parents of autistic children (Marcus Autism Center), and medical students (Emory School of Medicine). Current ETP outreach projects include the Atlanta Wounded Warrior Project for veterans with PTSD and the New Teacher Residency Project in the Atlanta Public Schools.

Tim speaks regularly on CBCT and, as a Senior Teacher, has taught CBCT to many groups including undergraduates in the Emory College of Arts and Science, students at the Emory School of Medicine, and Atlanta K-8 public schoolteachers. He has also taught in several CBCT community outreach programs, including those for incarcerated persons and adolescent foster children.

Alongside his professional journey as an architect (M.Arch. ‘94, Harvard Design School), Tim benefited from two decades of meditation before discovering CBCT. Previously unaware that the practices of compassion meditation could be shared in a broad and cross-cultural context, Tim’s practice, teaching, and support of CBCT has grown steadily since.