Catherine P. Cook-Cottone

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• PhD, University at Buffalo (1997)
• MS, State University of New York at Oswego (1993)
• BS, Utica College of Syracuse University (1989)

• Citizen Psychologist Citation Award; American Psychological Association; 2019-04-08;
• Good Karma Award for Research; Yoga Journal- Internal Yoga Magazine in press for 40 years. http://www.yogajournal.com/; 2016-08-31;
• Western New York Community Leader Community Service/Volunteerism Award; National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York, Inc.; 2016-01-25;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2015). STAR Award for Excellence in Advising, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo.; GSE; 2015-06-10;

• Investigation of the effectiveness of the Mind Body Wellbeing Program in Somalia and Kenya; Foundation and Research Organization; UNICEF; Awarded; (05/01/2017-08/31/2017)

• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2015-2016). Yoga Social: Yoga with Adolescent Females with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Funded $12,000 for Graduate Research Assistant by Institute for Community Health Promotion Collaborative Research Initiative. Proposed project and served as supervisor for student’s work (Total Award $12,00).; Federal; ICHP; Awarded; (08/31/2016-08/01/2017)
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2016-2017). Trauma-informed Mind and Body Intervention for Self- Regulation and Wellbeing Among At-risk Students. Funded $12,000 for Graduate Research Assistant by Institute for Community Health Promotion Collaborative Research Initiative. Proposed project and served as supervisor for student’s work (Total Award $12,000).; State; by Institute for Community Health Promotion Collaborative Research; Awarded; (08/01/2016-06/13/2017)

• Cook-Cottone, C. P., Anderson, L. M., & Kane, L (2019). The elements of counseling children and adolescents, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Springer.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Vujnovic, R. (2018). Mindfulness workbook for anxious kids: Emotion regulation activities to help you cope with anxiety, panic, stress and worry. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Press.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2017). Mindfulness and Yoga in Schools. A guide for teachers and practitioners. NY, NY: Springer Publishing
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2015). Mindfulness and yoga for Self-Regulation: A primer for Mental Health Professionals. Springer Publishing.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., Kane, L., & Anderson, L. (2014). Elements of counseling children and adolescents. Springer Publishing.

• Cook-Cottone, C. P., Estey, E. E. E., & Guyker, W. (2018). A district-wide qualitative study of yoga in the schools: Outcomes and challenges. Contemporary School Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40688-018-0201-2
• Rousseau. D., & Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2018). Trauma-informed yoga training in Kenya: A qualitative pilot study on feasibility and acceptability. Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 40, 53-60.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Guyker, W. (2018). The development and validation of the Mindful Self-Care Scale (MSCS): An assessment of practices that support positive embodiment. Mindfulness. (online first- doi:10.1007/s12671-017-0759-1)
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., Giambrone, C., & Klein, J.E. (2017). Yoga for Kenyan children: Concept mapping with multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis. International Journal of Educational and School Psychology. (Online first http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683603.2017.1302852)
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., Guyker, W., & Lemish, E. (2017). A qualitative study of the yoga is religion lawsuit at the Encinitas School District. International Journal of School Psychology. doi.org/10.17761/IJYT2017
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., LaVigne, M., Guyker, W., Travers, L., Lemish., E., & Elenson, P. (2017).Trauma-informed yoga: An embodied, cognitive-relational framework. International Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 9, 00284. doi: 10.15406/ijcam.2017.09.00284
• Cook-Cottone, C., & Douglass, L. L. (2017). Yoga Communities and Eating Disorders: Creating Safe Space for Positive Embodiment. International Journal of Yoga Therapy.
• Dipeolu, A., Cook-Cottone, C., Lee, G. K., Donnelly, J. P., Janikowski, T. P., Reynolds, A. L., & Boling, T. (2016). A Concept Map of Campers’ Perceptions of Camp Experience: Implications for the Practice of Family Counseling. The Family Journal, 24(2), 182-189.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2016). Embodied Self-regulation and Mindful Self-care in the prevention of eating disorders. Eating Disorders: The Journal of prevention and intervention.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., Serwacki, M., Guyker, W., Sodano, S., Nickerson, A., Keddie-Olka, E., & Anderson, L. (2016). The role of anxiety on the experience of peer victimization and eating disorder risk. School Mental Health, 8, 354–367
• Dipleou, A., Reynolds, A., Cook-Cottone, C. P. Janikowski, J., Donnelly, J., & Bowling, T. (2015). A concept map of campers' perceptions of camp experience: Implications for the practice o family counseling. Family Journal.
• Klein, J.E., Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Giambrone, C. (2015). The Africa Yoga Project: A participant-driven concept map of Kenyan teachers’ reported experiences. International Journal of Yoga Therapy.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2015). Incorporating Positive Body Image into the Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Model for Attunement and Mindful Self-Care. Body Image.
• Lee, G. K., Infranco, M., Dipeolu, A., Cook-Cottone, C., Donnelly, J. P., Janikowski, T. P., ... & Boling, T (2014). Concept Mapping Analysis of Social Skills Camp Experience for Children with Disabilities. Children Australia, 1-13.
• Norman, K., Sadano, S., & Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2014). An Exploratory Analysis of the Role of Interpersonal Styles in Eating Disorder Prevention Outcomes. Journal for Specialists in Group Work.
• Ruichen, R. S., Rao, h. R., Upadhyaya, S. J., & Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2014). Coordination of emergency response. Information Systems for Emergency Management, 150.

• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2019). Brain integration, embodied mindfulness, and movement-based approaches to facilitate positive body image and embodiment. In Tracy Tylka & Niva Piran (Eds.). Handbook of Body Image and Embodiment. (pp. 337-347) Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2019). Mindful attunement. In Tracy Tylka & Niva Piran (Eds.). Handbook of Body Image and Embodiment. (pp. 68-79) Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2019). Mindful Self-Care and Positive Body Image: Mindfulness, Yoga, and Actionable Tools for Positive Embodiment. In E. Daniels, M. Gillen, & C. Markey (Eds.), The body positive: Understanding and improving body image in science and practice. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2019). Yoga in Schools. In J. P. Rettger & V. Carrion (Eds.), Applied Mindfulness: Evidence-Based Approaches for Youth in the Clinic, Community, and Beyond Arlignton, VA: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Birch, K., & Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2018). The Future of Yoga Therapy. Yoga for Mental Health. Heather Mason and Kelly Birch (Eds). (pp. 193-207) Handspring Publishing. Scotland, UK.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2017). Life-Story Work (2nd Edition). In R. J. R. Levesque (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Adolescence- 2nd Edition. Volume 3, (pp. 1616-1624). New York, NY: Springer.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. & Vujnovic, R. (2016). The Healthy Student: Schools, Eating, and Health Psychology Encyclopedia of Health Psychology. New York, NY: Wiley.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Lampard, A., (2016). Evidence-based assessment and intervention for students with an eating disorder. In M. Thiekling, & M. Terjesen, (Eds.). Handbook of Australian School Psychology: Bridging the gaps in international research, practice, and policy. Springer.
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Vujnovic, R. (2016). Interventions for children and adolescents with eating disorders. In L. Theodore, (Ed.). Handbook of Applied Interventions for Children and Adolescents. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
• Tylka, T. L. & Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2015). Health Disparities and Help-Seeking Behavior among Girls, Counseling across the Lifespan (2nd ed). Sage.

• Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Elenson, P. (2016). The Mind-Body Wellbeing Program to address gender-based violence in Somalia and Syria. Manual created for intervention work in Africa.

• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (April, 2019). Embodiment and mindful self-care as a pathway to positive body image. Invited International Body Image Conference. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (October, 2018). Research 101: Get your program research ready. The National Kids Yoga Conference. Alexandria, VA.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (October, 2018). Yoga research: A guide to creating and evaluating quality yoga programs. Yoga Service Council Annual Conference. Omega Institute. Rhinebeck, NY.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. October, 2019). Trauma-Informed Yoga for Children's. Bent-On-Learning Yoga Teacher Training. New York, NY.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (May, 2018). Yoga research: A guide to creating and evaluating quality yoga programs. Yoga Service Council Annual Conference, Omega institute, Reinbeck, NY.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (November, 2017). Trauma-informed yoga in schools. Presentation to the School Psychology Students Association University at Albany, SUNY. Albany, NY.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (October, 2017). Mechanisms of change in yoga research: Trauma and eating disorders. Symposium on Yoga Research. Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (October, 2017). Research progress on children’s yoga for trauma and substance use. National Conference on Children’s Yoga. Washington, DC.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (October, 2017). Research progress on children’s yoga for trauma and substance use. National Conference on Children’s Yoga. Washington, DC.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (April, 2017). Yoga in the Schools: Challneges I School-based research Pre-conference Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (April, 2017). Yoga in the Schools: Encinitas School Distract, District Wide rollout of a Yoga Program. Pre-conference Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (April, 2017). Yoga in the Schools: Research Perspectives. Panel: Sat Bir Khalsa, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D., Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (April, 2017). Yoga in the Schools:yoga for Trauma in Schools Pre-conference Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (May, 2017). Trauma-informed Mindfulness and Yoga in the Schools: Tools for Prevention, Growth, and Healing. Childhood Matters: Bridging Hearst and Minds Human Services Teacher Education Department, Teaching Center OCC, Syracuse, NY.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (May, 2017). Trauma-informed yoga: Alignment of need and intervention. Yoga and Science: The Emerging Science of Consciousness, Regeneration, Health, & Longevity. Presented by Eddie Sterna and Marshall Hagins with the School of Health Professionals, Long Island University and JIYO, New York, NY.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., & LaVigne, M., Travers, L. (2017).Trauma-informed Yoga in Schools. Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2015). Yogis in Service: Me, to We, to Here to Be. lululemon Leadership Summit, Vancouver, BC;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2016). Plenary Session: Secular Yoga in Schools: A qualitative study of the Encinitas Union School District Lawsuit. Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (March, 2016). Yoga in the Schools: Research Perspectives. Panel: Andrea Hyde, Ph.D., Western Illinois University; Sat Bir Khalsa, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D., Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (November, 2015). Research on Yoga and Children. Panel: Sat Bir Khalsa, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D., Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. International Conference on Children’s Yoga. Washington, DC.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (September 2015). Research overview: Girls growing in wellness and balance- yoga and life skills to empower. Presentation on the body of work conducted to prevent eating disorders among 5th grade females in schools. Symposium on Yoga Research: The front line on yoga research. Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (September, 2016). Words Matter: Yoga Research 101. Research Panel Yoga Research Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts;
• Khalsa, S. B., Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Mendelson, T. (2016). Yoga in Schools Research. 2015 National Kids Yoga Conference. Catholic University. Washington, DC.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (Feb, 2015). Yoga in the Schools: Research Perspectives. Panel: Andrea Hyde, Ph.D., Western Illinois University; Sat Bir Khalsa, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D., Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins . Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;

• Addai, E.A. , Guyker, W.M., Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Orrange, S. (2018, August). Mindful self- care among medical residents: associations with wellness, depression, and distress. Poster session presented at the 126th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., Estey, E. E., & Guyker, W. M. (2018, October). A district-wide qualitative study of yoga in the schools: Outcomes and challenges. Poster session presented at the Symposium on Yoga Research (SYR), Kripalu, MA.;
• Depner, R. M., Cook-Cottone, C. P, Grant, P.C., Levy, K (2018, August) Evaluating Professional Quality of Life for Palliative Care Workers, poster presentation at the 126th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.;
• Estey, E. E., & Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2018, August). Self-compassion as a mediator between peer victimization and eating disorder risk among preadolescents. Poster session presented at the 126th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Guyker, W. (2017, October). Feasibility and acceptability of a trauma-informed mind-body program in Somalia. Poster presented at the Symposium on Yoga Research, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Guyker, W. (August 6, 2017). The mindful self-care scale; Symposium: Novel insights for enhancing positive body image and embodiment. Co-chairs Jessica M. Alleva & Niva Piran. Participants: Catherine Cook-Cottone, Tracy Tylka, and Jennifer Webb. American Psychological Association the 125th Annual Convention, Washington, DC.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Love, K. (2016). The embodied yoga teacher: A step-by-step guide to positive embodiment and self-regulation within yourself and your classroom. 2016 National Kids Yoga Conference. Catholic University. Washington, DC.;
• Cook-Cottone, C. P., Lemish, E., & Guyker, W. (2016). Plenary Session: Secular Yoga in Schools: A qualitative study of the Encinitas Union School District Lawsuit. Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.;
• Giambrone, C., & Cook-Cottone, J.E. (2014, September). Yoga for children: Concept mapping differences in Nairobi, Kenya. Poster presented at Symposium for Yoga Research, Stockbridge, MA.;
• Terjesen, M., Theikling, M., Waldecker, C., Nickerson, A., Wood, C., Cook-Cottone, C. P., & Ruscio, D. (August, 2015). School Psychology in Australia- Practice Research, and Training (presented on treatment of eating disorders). American Psychological Association 123rd Annual Convention. Toronto, ON.;
• Tylka, T., Piran, N., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Alleva, J., Martz, D., Webb, J. (August, 2015). Symposium- Beyond negative body image: Innovative constructs carve paths to embodied well-being. American Psychological Association 123rd Annual Convention. Toronto, ON.;
• Giambrone, C., & Cook-Cottone, J.E. (2014, September).Yoga for children: Concept mapping differences in Nairobi, Kenya. Poster presented at Symposium for Yoga Research, Stockbridge, MA.;
• Klein, J.E., & Cook-Cottone, J.E. (2014, September). The Africa Yoga Project: A participant- driven concept map of Kenyan yoga teachers’ reported experiences. Poster presented at Symposium for Yoga Research, Stockbridge, MA.;

• Co-Editor in Chief Eating Disorders: Journal of Treatment and Prevention
  06/13/2017-01/01/2020
• National Institute of Health Grant reviewer- Risk, Prevention, and Health Behavior (RPHB) SBIR SEP. Member of the Review Panel- 2012, 2013, 2014
  06/10/2015-06/10/2015
• Editorial Board Member, Body Image 2014 - present
  09/01/2014-05/23/2018
• Editorial Board Member, Eating Disorders; Journal of Prevention and Treatment 2012- 2015 (promoted to Associate Editor)
  01/01/2012-06/17/2015

• Cook-Cottone, C. P. & Guyker, W. (2016). Clinical education and training of healthcare professionals: Mindfulness and Self-Care for Helping Professionals. University at Buffalo Mindfulness and Health Conference. March 4, 2016.
  03/04/2016-08/31/2016
• Cook-Cottone, C. P. (March, 2016). Symposium Organizing Committee. Yoga in the Schools: Research Perspectives. Committee Members also include: Sat Bir Khalsa, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D., Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University; Yoga in the School Symposium, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
  08/31/2015-08/31/2016
• Board of Directors, Centre Buffalo: Day Treatment Center for Eating Disorder 2011- present
  06/10/2015-06/10/2015
• ICHP Graduate Project $6,000 funding for student FAS Outcomes and Interventions- Student Itzel Iorduna
  06/10/2015-06/10/2015