Cole Rehbein

I work in crisis mental health and study behavioral treatments for depression.
Currently finishing a master’s thesis on outdoor mindfulness-based behavioral activation.
I write about psychology, build research tools, and sit zazen in Albuquerque.

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Cole Rehbein @ cole.press ──────────────────────────────────
OS: Crisis counselor / Psychology researcher
Kernel: Sitting, writing, building, analyzing
Uptime: 988 crisis lines, Friday–Monday nights
Shell: Behavioral activation, ACT, zazen, R
Resolution: Science communication + contemplative practice
DE: Albuquerque, NM (Mountain Time)
WM: St. John’s College → Journalism → Clinical
Theme: Examined life, examined further
Terminal: Praxis through active listening
Current: Finishing thesis, launching YouTube
Memory: Spinoza, Beck, Dōgen, Skinner

cole@press:~$ cat skills.json | jq ‘.expertise’ && ls -la ~/projects/

{
  "clinical_practice": {
    "focus": "Crisis intervention & counseling",
    "modalities": ["ACT", "Mindfulness-based CBT", "Behavioral activation"],
    "populations": ["988/crisis lines", "SMI", "Depression", "ADHD"],
    "languages": ["English", "Spanish (B1)"]
  },
  "research": {
    "focus": "Behavioral health & cognition",
    "methods": ["Psychological assessment", "EEG", "Statistical analysis"],
    "tools": ["R", "SPSS", "Qualtrics"],
    "thesis": "Mindfulness-based behavioral activation for depression"
  },
  "technical_writing": {
    "focus": "Academic & technical publishing",
    "tools": ["Quarto", "LaTeX", "Markdown", "R Markdown"],
    "outputs": ["Thesis", "Research papers", "This website"]
  },
  "journalism": {
    "focus": "Culture & community",
    "experience": ["City reporter", "Copyeditor", "Culture writer"],
    "beats": ["Local politics", "Food", "Arts"]
  },
  "philosophy": {
    "degree": "B.A., St. John's College",
    "focus": "Spinoza, ethics, philosophy of mind",
    "languages": ["Ancient Greek (reading)", "French (reading)"]
  }
}

cole@press:~$ git log –oneline –graph | head -10

* 6 public repositories

* 28 recent pushes

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● Building in public

● Learning by doing

● Embracing impermanence

origin/main → github.com/colerehbein

cole@press:~$ cat thoughts/latest.txt

📜 Spinoza_and_Selfhood.md
Philosophy, identity, ethics—the internally determined self

☎️ Crisis_Praxis.py
Mental health, systems, solidarity—sitting with suffering

🌶️ Enchilada_Reviews.txt
New Mexico food, culture writing, and strong opinions on chile