Education & Research

“To educate is the practice of freedom”
— Bell Hooks

Academic Training

I hold a Master of Arts in Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy from Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Counseling, a program centering systemically oriented, culturally competent, antiracist, clinical training; this approach accounts for the cultural, social, and spiritual issues that shape the whole person. I am committed to continual work in these areas and understanding how my identities enter the therapy room and the spaces I occupy outside of it.

In addition to my work as a therapist, I am an active researcher and bioethicist with a second Master of Arts in Bioethics and Science Policy at Duke University. I am currently continuing my research through doctoral study at the University of Ottawa in experimental psychology and psychedelic therapies with Dr. Monnica Williams at her Laboratory for Culture and Mental Health Disparities. My research examines topics at the intersection of bioethics, psychedelic-assisted therapy research, culturally responsive clinical practice, trauma, social determinants of health, and health disparities. I believe it is an ethical responsibility to advocate and work to change systems that cause harm to the people I am entrusted to serve in my therapeutic practice and the world at large. Alongside my clinical work, I am passionate about advocating for policy reform, offering robust ethics education, and creating psychoeducational materials for clinicians and partners aligned within healthcare.

 

Certifications

Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies | Trauma Research Foundation

Comprehensive Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies offered by Bessel van der kolk, M.D., Richard Schwartz, Ph.D., Stephen Porges, Ph.D., Elizabeth Warner, Psy.D., Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D. Deborah Korn, PsyD, Frank Anderson, M.D., Jana Pressley, Psy.D, Ruth Lanius M.D. Ph.D., Alexandra Cook, Ph.D

Modules: Neurobiology of PTSD and Developmental Trauma; Attachment Theory and Relationships; Treatment Foundations and Assessments; Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) and Supporting Regulation in Childhood; Adult Treatment and Component-Based Psychotherapy (CBP); Dissociation and Internal Family Systems (IFS); Trauma Processing and EMDR; Sensorimotor Treatment and Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART); Sand Tray Therapy, Play and Activity, Theater and Trauma-Drama, and Trauma Sensitive Yoga; Trauma-Focused Neurofeedback; Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care; Special Issues including Sexual Exploitation, Community Trauma, and Sexual Behavior Problems.

 

Continuing Education

  • Working with Psychedelics to Treat Substance Use Issues. 8-week training series held by the Center for Optimal Living and The Sage Institute. Training held for practitioners supporting people navigating the use of substances in a healing context, after having had problematic patterns with substances. Training is rooted in a nuanced, harm reduction-informed, and flexible approach. Intended for clinicians and other practitioners who support people who use drugs, and provided an exploration of the benefits and risks of psychedelics when substance use issues are part of the picture. The course provided an IHRP (Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy) framework that can be applied when approaching clinical work with clients who are using psychedelics. Featured Instructors: Gabor Mate, Dr. Carl Hart, Laura Northrup, Irina Alexander, and Andrew Tatarsky.

  • Entheogen Assisted Psychotherapy and Integration Series. 30-hour entheogen integration therapy series for licensed clinicians, professionals, and registered interns who are developing a relationship with psilocybin in therapeutic, spiritual, or peer-led contexts. The Entheogen Assisted Psychotherapy and Integration Training Series focuses on understanding and working with entheogens in psychotherapy with an ecological perspective. Offered in alignment with the social justice mission of the Graduate School of Education and Counseling at Lewis & Clark College, and provides a general orientation to practicing with ecological mindfulness, the integration of indigenous and western psychology tools (appropriate to context), understanding harm-reduction, and principles of somatic interventions. Pilar Hernadez-Wolfe, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Hoke, LMFT; Claudia Cuentas LMFT, MA; Steve Rosonke M.D. [Portland, OR; 2021]

  • Introduction to MDMA Therapy for Clinicians. Led by Shannon Carlin, MA, AMFT Director of Training & Supervision; Marcela Ot’alora G, LPC, Principal Investigator, Trainer, Supervisor. Horizons Perspectives on Psychedelics Conference. The Horizons Center Public Benefit Corporation. [New York City, NY; 2019]

  • Introduction to Psilocybin Therapy for Clinicians. Led by Brian D. Richards, PsyD, Clinical and Research Psychologist, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, Aquilino Cancer Center; William A. Richards, Ph.D., Author and Psychologist Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Dr. Rosalind Watts, D.Clin.Psy, Clinical Psychologist, Imperial Center for Psychedelic Research. Horizons Perspectives on Psychedelics Conference. The Horizons Center Public Benefit Corporation. [New York City, NY; 2019]

  • Working with Immigrant and Mixed-Status people in the US: Practicing Sociocultural Attunement in Challenging Contexts. Led by Maria Bermudez, Ph.D. Lewis and Clark Graduate Center for Community Engagement. [Portland, OR; 2019]

  • Family Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Jennifer Vanduker, MS LPC.Lewis and Clark Graduate Center for Community Engagement. [Portland, OR; 2019]

  • Shredded, Chiseled, & Swole: Understanding and Addressing Men’s Body Image. Justin Henderson, Ph.D. Lewis and Clark Graduate Center for Community Engagement. [Portland, OR; 2019]

  • The Couples Erotic Flow: Demystifying Sex Therapy with a Simple Fun, and Effective Model. Kyle Zrenchik, PhD. Lewis and Clark Graduate Center for Community Engagement. [Portland, OR; 2019]

  • Problem Gambling Pre-Certification I. Rick Berman, MA, LPC, Mark Douglass, LPC, CADC III, CGAC II. Lewis and Clark Graduate Center for Community Engagement. [Portland, OR; 2018]

 

Publications

Academic Journals

Williams, M. T., Harrison, T.R., La Torre, J.T. Cultural Formulation and Culturally Adapted Treatments for Depression. American Psychological Association (APA) Handbook of Depression. (In press).

Harrison, T. R. (2023). Commentary: Arc: A framework for access, reciprocity and conduct in psychedelic therapies. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1248967

Harrison, T. R. (2023). Altered stakes: Identifying gaps in the informed consent process for psychedelic-assisted therapy trials. Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 7(S1), 48–60. https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2023.00267

Harrison, T.R. (2022). Altered Stakes: identifying gaps in the psychedelic-assisted therapy research informed consent process. Master's thesis, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/25858

Morrison, T., Ferris Wayne, M., Harrison, T.R. Learning to Embody a Social Justice Perspective in Couple and Family Therapy: A Grounded Theory Analysis of MFTs in Training. Contemporary Family Therapy (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-022-09635-8

Harrison, T. R., Ferris-Wayne, M., & Maragos, M. (2021). Ethics Issues Today: 2021 Student Ethics Competition Winning Essay. Family Therapy Magazine, 20(6), 7–10.

Online Media

Harrison, T. R. (2024). When the Promises of a Policy Do Not Meet the Reality of Its Practice: Ethical Issues Within Oregon’s Measure 109. Bill of Health - The blog of the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School. https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2024/02/12/when-the-promises-of-a-policy-do-not-meet-the-reality-of-its-practice-ethical-issues-within-oregons-measure-109/

Print Media

Harrison, T., Ferris-Wayne, M., & Maragos, M. (2021, November 1). 2021 Student Ethics Competition First Place Essay. Family Therapy Magazine.