Christopher Willard

Dr. Christopher Willard (PsyD) is a psychologist and educational consultant based in Boston specializing in mindfulness. He has been practicing meditation for 20 years, and has led hundreds of workshops around the world, with invitations to more than two dozen countries. He currently serves on the board of directors at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, and is the president of the Mindfulness in Education Network. He has presented at TEDx conferences and his thoughts have appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, mindful.org, and elsewhere. He is the author of Child’s Mind (2010) Growing Up Mindful (2016) Raising Resilience (2017) and eight other books for parents, professionals and children, along with six sets of cards and therapeutic games, available in more than ten languages. He teaches at Harvard Medical School.

Education

• Psy D, Clinical Psychology William James College (2004 - 2008)
• BA Wesleyan University (1995 — 2001)
• Wesleyan University
  

Companies

• Book Author Sounds True (2017)
• President-Elect Mindfulness in Education Network (2015)
• Lecturer on Psychiatry, Part-Time Harvard Medical School (2014)
• Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry Cambridge Health Alliance (2014)
• Board Member, Core Faculty The Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy (2010)
• Author Author (2010)
• Psychologist & Consultant Enlightened Livelihoods (2005)
• Speaker, Workshop Leader PESI (2014 — 2017)
• Adjunct Professor Lesley University (2014 — 2014)
  

Books

• (forthcoming, 2014). Edited with Amy Saltzman, Mindfulness with Young People: From the Clinic to the Classroom. New York, Guilford Press.
• (8/2014). The Mindfulness and Anxiety Workbook for Teens. Oakland, New Harbinger.
• (Fall 2010). Child’s Mind: A Guide to Teaching Mindfulness to Young People. Berkeley, Parallax Press.