Dr. Rebecca Bokoch, PsyD, is an Associate professor for the Clinical PhD program at Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ. Dr. Bokoch leads collaborative student and faculty research labs where she has published and is currently working on projects in the areas of: family systems, expressive arts therapies, school-based services, and health and resiliency-based research. Dr. Bokoch is a licensed marriage and family therapist and clinical supervisor. She specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families, and incorporating creative therapeutic modalities, including: mindfulness, art, and play. She works in a group private practice, Anchor Children and Family Counseling, and at a non-profit, Young & Healthy Pasadena, where she serves as the founding Clinical Traineeship Director for a trauma-informed school-based preventative care program in Pasadena Unified School District. Dr. Bokoch received her PsyD and MA in Couple and Family Therapy with a certificate in Infant and Preschool Mental Health from the COAMFTE-accredited program at Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ, Los Angeles. She also has specialized training in Trauma-Informed Care, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindful Self-Compassion, Yoga, Infant Preschool Mental Health, and Play Therapy.
- I enjoy incorporating creative therapeutic modalities such as art, mindfulness, and play therapy techniques when working with children and families.
- I enjoy mentoring several research assistant students on a variety of research topics. I have my own "Bokoch Research Lab" where I am conducting research with students, faculty, and clinicians on Trauma-Informed Care in Early Childhood Education; Mindfulness, Anti-Racism, & Mental Health; Child Mindfulness and Art Therapy Interventions; Play Therapy and Parenting Intervention Programs and Measure Development; and Trauma-Informed Perinatal and Postpartum Mental Health.
- I also co-lead a "Mindfulness and Art Therapy Research Lab" with Dr. Noah Hass-Cohen, CFT Faculty, where we are conducting research on mindfulness and art therapy interventions for grief/loss, trauma, chronic pain, and weight management.
- I also am a part of a "Comic Book Lab" lead by Dr. Shawndeeia Drinkard, PhD faculty, and Zaemelys Ramos-Rodriguez, PhD student, where we are conducting research on the effectiveness of comic book interventions for children dealing with stress and trauma, specifically for the Latinx community.
- Psy.D., Couple and Family Therapy, California School of Professional Psychology, Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ, Los Angeles
- M.A., Couple and Family Therapy, California School of Professional Psychology, Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ, Los Angeles
- B.A., Psychology, University of California Los Angeles
- Statistics & Statistics Lab
- Research Methods: Multivariate Statistics & Statistics Lab
- Research Practicum Course Series
- Clinical Interventions for Children and Families
- Principles of Research Design
- Isis, P., Bokoch, R., Hass-Cohen, N., & Fowler, G. (2023). Efficacy of a one-time mindfulness-based art therapy intervention. The Arts in Psychotherapy. Advanced online publication. ;
- Bokoch, R., Hass-Cohen, N., Liu, L., & Fowler, G. (2023). Obesity prevention: A pilot study on community workshops delivered by art therapists. International Journal of Art Therapy, 28(3), 117-124. ;
- Hass-Cohen, N., Bokoch, R., & McAnuff, J. (2022). A year later: The pain protocol study findings and memory reconsolidation factors. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 80, 101949. ;
- Hass-Cohen, N., Bokoch, R., & Fowler, G. (2022). The Compassionate Arts Psychotherapy Program: Benefits of a Compassionate Arts Media Continuum. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 40(1), 5-14. ;
- Wisen-Vincent, G., & Bokoch, R. (2022). Effectiveness of the PlayStrong neuro-filial parenting program: A program evaluation of an online pilot during COVID-19. International Journal of Play Therapy, 32(1), 37–50. ;
- Hass-Cohen, N., Bokoch, R., Goodman, K., & McAnuff, J. (2022). Art therapy drawing protocols for chronic pain: Qualitative findings from a mixed method pilot study. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 39(1), 1-12. ;
- Lara, R., & Bokoch, R. (2021). Cognition and social media: How has technology changed us? Acta Psychologica, 221, 103429. ;
- Conover, K. J., Acosta, V. M., & Bokoch, R. (2021). Perceptions of ableist microaggressions among target and nontarget groups. Rehabilitation Psychology, 66(4), 565–575. ;
- Hass-Cohen, N, Bokoch, R., Goodman, K., & Conover, K. J. (2021). Art therapy drawing protocols for chronic pain: Quantitative results from a mixed methods pilot study. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 73, 101749. ;
- Strouse. S., Hass-Cohen, N. & Bokoch, R. (2021). Benefits of an open art studio to military suicide survivors. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 72(1), 101722. ;
- Bokoch, R., & Hass-Cohen, N. (2020). Effectiveness of a School-Based Mindfulness and Art Therapy Group Program. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association. Advance online publication: