About Edi Cooke, PsyD

Dr. Cooke received her doctorate in clinical psychology from California School of Professional Psychology in 1998. Her degree is in Clinical Health Psychology. Her practicum and internship trainings were in college, community mental health, medical, and state hospital settings. She completed a dual Postdoctorate Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA in both adult and child psychology. Following this she was on staff at Cedars-Sinai for seven years where she saw adults, adolescents, children and families. She developed and coordinated intensive and general outpatient services for individuals with eating disorders, trained and supervised residents, fellows, and trainees, coordinated program evaluation and research, engaged in consultation-liaison services, and worked as a part of a multidisciplinary team. She has had a private practice for 17 years.

Early on Dr. Cooke worked as a research assistant under Carol Dweck, PhD at Columbia University, Kelly Vitousek, PhD at The University of Hawaii, and at St. Luke’s Hospital Medical Center in New York where she co-authored a paper on eating behavior in individuals with Binge Eating. At the start of her career Dr. Cooke trained in family therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, stress reduction, and educational interventions. As a therapist for The Glendale, CA Unified School District for five years she gained extensive experience in school-based therapy and special education settings. At Early Childhood Development Associates she worked with mothers and very young children. Dr. Cooke received post-graduate certification in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from The Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute in 2002, and is currently a Candidate in Training at The Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis-Los Angeles (ICPLA). She has and ongoing mindfulness-based meditation practice, and continues study in this area.