Christopher Willard, Psy.D.

Christopher Willard, PsyD is a psychologist and educational consultant based in Boston specializing in mindfulness with young people. He has been practicing meditation for nearly 20 years, and leading workshops internationally on the topic of mindfulness with young people. 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 three other books. He is a Lecturer (part time) in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Health Alliance.