Biography
Dr Cohen is a Counselling Psychologist with extensive academic experience in teaching, supervision and programme management in psychology, psychosocial studies and counselling and psychotherapy. Dr Cohen teaches across various subjects including psychodynamic theory, quantitative and qualitative research methods and professional issues. She has been involved in various projects around well being and resilience and has extensive experience in supervising PG and doctoral dissertations to completion. Dr Cohen's research areas of expertise include psychological trauma, especially in the context of well being and resilience.
Publications
Prota, M., & Cohen, K. (in press). Stakeholders’ Insights into Child and Adolescents to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA) – A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research. The International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies
Marthiensen, M., & Cohen, K. (2025). Mitigating the Prevalence of PTSD amongst Police Officers: The Perspective of Supervisors’ in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Policing, an International Journal.
Cohen, K., Brown, C., & Hoggard, K. (2024). Negative Life Events, Positive and Negative Religious Coping, Compassion, Resilience and Well Being Among Women. Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing.
Jones, C. & Cohen, K. (2022). The Role of Family Environment and Resilience in the Relationship between of Parental Behavioural Addictions and Mental Health. European Journal of Counselling Psychology. https://doi.org/10.46853/001c.38664
Florez, E.; Cohen, K; Ferenczi, N.; Linnell, K; Lloyd, J; Goddard, L; Kumashiro, M; & Freeman, J. (2021). Linking Recent Discrimination-Related Experiences and Wellbeing via Social Cohesion and Resilience, Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing.
Mukamel, M. & Cohen, K. (2019). Documenting torture and ill-treatment of children and adolescents: Current practices and challenges. Torture Journal, 29(1), pp. 141-142. ISSN 1018-8185 [Article]
Cohen, K. & Collens, P. (2013). The impact of trauma work – A meta-synthesis on vicarious trauma and vicarious trauma growth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 5(6), pp. 570-580. ISSN 1942-9681
Brockhouse, R., Msetfi R. M., Cohen, K., & Joseph, S. (2011). Vicarious exposure to trauma and growth in therapists: The moderating effects of sense of coherence, organisational support and empathy. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 24, 735-742 DOI: 10.1002/jts.20704
Evans, K., Law, H., Turner, R. E., Rogers, A., & Cohen, K. (2011).A pilot study evaluating care staffs’ perceptions of their experience of psychological consultation within a mental health setting. Child Care in Practice, 17, 205-219.
Rose, H.; Cohen, K.; & Kinney, C. (2011). Mothers’ experiences of mental health services following their children’s self harm. Family Science, 2, 196-202. DOI:10.1080/19424620.2012.665379
Berry, K., Blackburn, C., & Cohen K. (2010). Factors correlated with client attachment to mental health services. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 98, 572-5.
Splevins, K., Cohen, K., Joseph, S., Murray, C., & Bowley, J. (2010). Vicarious posttraumatic growth among interpreters. Journal of Qualitative Health Research, 20, 1705-1716.
Splevins, K., Cohen, K., Murray, C., Bowley, J., & Joseph, S. (2010). Post –traumatic growth following adversity: Cross cultural perspective. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 15, 259-277.
Rose, H. & Cohen, K. (2010). The experiences of young carers: A meta-synthesis of qualitative findings. Journal of Youth Studies, 13, 473 – 487.
Horridge, G., Cohen, K., & Gaskall, S. (2009). BurnEd: exploring factors influencing a burn-Injured child’s return to education. Burns,36, 630-638. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2009.08.013
Shmotkin, D., Berkovich, M. & Cohen, K. (2006). Combining Happines's and Suffering in a Retrospective View of Anchor Periods in Life: A Differential Approach to Subjective Well-Being. Social Indicators Research, 77(1), pp. 139-169. ISSN 03038300
Cohen, K. & Shmotkin, D. (2007). Emotional ratings of meaningful life periods and their relation to subjective well-being among Holocaust survivors. Personality and Individual Differences, 43(3), pp. 495-506. ISSN 0191-8869
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