CATHERINE COOK-COTTONE, PHD

Trauma not only changes the mind but also impacts the physical body. Catherine Cook-Cottone, a psychologist and yoga therapist, offers a complimentary exercise from The Embodied Healing Workbook to initiate the process of reconnecting with—and recommitting to—your body.

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Trauma certainly alters the mind, but it also affects the physical body. Psychologist and yoga therapist Catherine Cook-Cottone provides a free exercise from The Embodied Healing Workbook to begin reconnecting—and recommitting—to your body.

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Catherine Cook-Cottone, PhD, C-IAYT, is a licensed psychologist in Colorado and New York, yoga therapist, and professor at University at Buffalo, SUNY. Dr. Cook-Cottone is a trauma therapist, trained in EMDR, and teaches courses in psychopathology, mindful therapy, advanced counseling techniques, and counseling with children and adolescents. She has written/edited 15 books and published over 100 research articles and chapters on mindful self-care, yoga, embodiment, self-regulation, eating disorders, and trauma. Dr. Cook-Cottone is co-founder of Yogis in Service and has researched and consulted with the Africa Yoga project, Give Back Yoga Foundation, and the United Nations Foundation to develop and deliver trauma-informed, mindfulness-based resilience training for yoga teachers and humanitarian workers in North America, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2018, she was awarded the American Psychological Association’s Citizen Psychologist Presidential Citation.



Speaker Disclosures:


Financial: Catherine Cook-Cottone has an employment relationship with University of Buffalo and receives compensation as a consultant. She is the Co-editor in Chief of Eating Disorders and receives royalties as a published author. Catherine Cook-Cottone receives a speaking honorarium and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.


Non-financial: Catherine Cook-Cottone is a member of the American Psychological Association, the International Association of Yoga Therapists, the National Association of School Psychologists, the Western New York Yoga Association, the Yoga Alliance, the National Eating Disorder Association, and the Association for Eating Disorders.