If you follow me or Pacific Oaks College on social media you may have seen that Pacific Oaks College launched two new social work programs this past fall. Both the BSW and MSW programs, which are fully online, are recruiting for NEW F/T faculty positions!! We are recruiting for these positions RIGHT NOW and wouldContinue reading “Pacific Oaks College Faculty Job Announcements”
Author Archives: Dr. Bree E. Cook, CFLE
Feelings of Inadequacies, A Personal Reflection…
Sharing my experiences with feeling inadequate in my professional life.
Higher Education MUST Do Better Now
Changes need to be made in high education now, before we loose more Black faculty!
Let’s Talk About CAMPING!
First let me say, I absolutely love camping. Now, I enjoy more “glamping” type of experiences but if my husband said lets go tent camping this weekend, I’d say OK! Some of this is age, and because there’s a little sense of “been there done that”. Regardless, being outdoors makes me happy. Throw in someContinue reading “Let’s Talk About CAMPING!”
Don’t be the weakest link…
Destroying, looting, and stealing from Black-owned Businesses, is NOT ok! I don’t condone it, I don’t support it and it really pisses me off to be honest. I support #blacklivesmatter, the hashtag and the whole movement. I support protests, marching, rallying, boycotting, and even sometimes tearing ‘ish up! But the destruction of what is OURS,Continue reading “Don’t be the weakest link…”
Advocacy in Mental Health
For this week’s Ed Talk at Pacific Oaks College, I presented on “Advocacy in Mental Health”. July is BeBe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Check out the presentation and share with others. Its short!! Advocacy in Mental Health Presentation – July 11, 2018
Families Today!
Check out this Q&A conversation I had with my @PacificOaks colleagues regarding families and how and why they may have changed over the years in America. Let me know what you think! https://www.linkedin.com/embed/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6394654037530284032
African American Women and Depression
My colleague Melissa Shepherd-Williams, MA, LMFT and I had the amazing opportunity to be a part of a documentary chronicling the healing process for African American women dealing with depression. The film is titled “The Rhythm of Blue”. I hope you all are able to check it out when it’s released. The Rhythm of Blue:Continue reading “African American Women and Depression”
We want to hear from you!
Greetings! The School of Cultural and Family Psychology is trying to collect some data around future degree options. We would like to hear from you! Please consider spending 5-6 minutes answering 10 questions that will greatly impact our endeavors. You may also forward this survey to anyone you know…they more response the better! Continue reading “We want to hear from you!”
“Teaching Trauma w/o Traumatizing”
Dr. Cook the Associate Dean of the School of Cultural & Family Psychology at Pacific Oaks College spoke at this year’s Innovate Armenia 2017 at USC. The 12-minute talk was on “Teaching Trauma without Traumatizing”, which highlights strategies that Dr. Cook has observed to be successful with her Faculty and Students. The event was Saturday,Continue reading ““Teaching Trauma w/o Traumatizing””
Bree E. Cook, PsyD 