Changes Aren’t Permanent… But Change Is!

Posted byDr. Bree E. CookPosted inMental Health and Wellness, Mentoring

They things change, the more they stay the same…

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Asked to summarize Zen in a sentence, great teacher Shunryu Suzuki said simply, “Everything changes.”  To that, a psychoanalyst I know added, “…and we don’t like it.”

Everything is constantly changing, and we tend to dislike that.  Actually, everything IS change.  Nothing can exist without changing.  Sound is vibration, light is oscillation, everything moves and changes, always.  But We Don’t Like It.

We don’t like it.  We want things to stay the same, unless those things are unpleasant to us, then we want them to change — and then, stop changing!  Hold it right there, where I want it!  Stop the Universe, I want to get off!

We have no choice.  Life is change, we are change, existence is nothing but change.  No-change exists only in our minds.

So the difficult work is letting go of what our minds insist is The Only Acceptable Way For Things to Be.  The…

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Dr. Bree (Davis) Cook began her appointment as Vice President in May 2018. In this role Dr. Cook serves as the College’s Chief Academic Officer and as the Accreditation Liaison Officer. In her most recent position she served as associate dean of POC's School of Cultural & Family Psychology (SCFP). Dr. Cook has also held positions as the academic coordinator, assistant professor and clinical training coordinator in the SCFP. Prior to coming into higher education, Dr. Cook spent over 15 years in leadership and management positions in non-profits, serving as Family Based Services Director, Eden Dual Diagnosis Program Manager & IRB Chair and as a Staff Psychologist at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Dr. Cook holds a Psy.D. and master degree in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Multicultural & Community from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, and baccalaureate degree from University of California San Diego. She is also a Certified Family Life educator (CFLE). Dr. Cook has presented over 25 papers, seminars and workshops at a number of professional conferences such as, WASC Academic Resource Conference, Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates International Conference. She is a member of the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association), National Association of African American Studies and the National Council of Family Relations.

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