--- description: Cook is a psychologist and associate professor at Yale University and an Op-Ed Project Public Voices Fellow title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Joan Cook ## Joan Cook Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Cook is a psychologist and associate professor at Yale University and_ _an Op-Ed Project Public Voices Fellow_ ## Joan Cook Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Feb 15, 2018 ### [Becoming Numb to School Shootings Won’t Save Anyone](https://time.com/5160556/mass-school-shootings-outrage-numbness/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 6, 2016 ### [How to Gain Perspective About Politics](https://time.com/4590883/perspective-about-politics/) And reduce anxiety [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 15, 2016 ### [How to Move Past the Shock of the Election](https://time.com/4569955/post-election-stress/) Focus on the positive [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 31, 2016 ### [Get Ready for Election Blues](https://time.com/4548042/election-mental-health-forgiveness/) Practice forgiveness [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 9, 2016 ### [What 9/11 Taught Us About Helping Trauma Survivors](https://time.com/4474573/911-september-11-trauma/) We now know more about how to implement programs to meet their needs [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 16, 2016 ### [How to Ease the Tensions in Milwaukee](https://time.com/4454491/milwaukee-protests/) A simple tool for overcoming prejudice [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 29, 2016 ### [Emile Weaver and the Dangers of Denial](https://time.com/4386098/emile-weaver-denial/) The case of the young mother who killed her newborn is awful but not unbelievable [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 13, 2016 ### [The Psychology of Hate](https://time.com/4366343/orlando-shooting-psychology-of-hate/) It can live in an individual, and it can spread through a society [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 10, 2016 ### [Supporting Trump Is a Form of Victim-Blaming](https://time.com/4363449/trump-victim-blaming/) We must be willing to speak out in response to bigotry [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 12, 2016 ### [Doctor-Assisted Suicide Cannot Be an Answer for Trauma Victims](https://time.com/4327916/trauma-survivors-treatment/) We cannot allow survivors to give up on themselves [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 22, 2016 ### [Why People React to Terrorism News Differently](https://time.com/4267874/brussels-attack-trauma/) Some people are more at risk of post-traumatic stress [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 2, 2016 ### [What _Spotlight_ Teaches Us About Institutional Betrayal](https://time.com/4200126/spotlight-institutional-betrayal/) We must look beyond individual cases to address larger issues [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 11, 2015 ### [How to Not Be Scared of Terrorism—Or Anything Else](https://time.com/4145932/fear-psychology/) During stressful times, we have to keep perspective [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 2, 2015 ### [This May Be Why Some of Us Have Given Up on Gun Control](https://time.com/4133689/san-bernardino-shooting-compassion-fatigue/) When so many horrible events happen, we get ‘compassion fatigue’ [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/joan-cook/","name":"Joan Cook"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/joan-cook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/joan-cook/"},"name":"Joan Cook","jobTitle":null,"description":"Cook is a psychologist and associate professor at Yale University and an Op-Ed Project Public Voices Fellow","url":"https://time.com/author/joan-cook/","sameAs":["https://x.com/DrJoanCook"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```