About
Cole Rehbein
Crisis Counselor & Clinical Psychology Researcher · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Crisis counselor and clinical psychology researcher building reproducible tools for behavioral-health research, communication, and care.
I work high-acuity crisis lines for Protocall Services (988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline network partner serving New Mexico) and am completing an M.S. in clinical psychology at New Mexico Highlands University, with a thesis on outdoor mindfulness-based behavioral activation for depression.
What I Do
Crisis work. Crisis counselor with Protocall Services (988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline network partner serving New Mexico). High-acuity phone and chat triage and intervention, using ACT and behavioral activation. Friday–Monday nights.
Research. M.S. in clinical psychology at New Mexico Highlands University. Thesis: (outdoor) mindfulness-based behavioral activation for depression. Longitudinal design, psychometrics, psychological assessment, EEG. R for data work.
Building & writing. This site — a Quarto/SCSS artifact, hand-set in monospace and deployed as static files — plus research tooling in R, Python, Quarto, Markdown, LaTeX, and Git, and science communication. Before clinical work: journalism as a city reporter, copyeditor, and culture writer.
Background
Clinical training — Crisis intervention, ACT, behavioral activation. Graduate training in psychometrics, psychological assessment, and longitudinal research methods at New Mexico Highlands University.
Journalism — City reporting, copyediting, culture writing. Local politics, food, arts. Accuracy on a deadline.
St. John's College — B.A., philosophy (Great Books program). Close reading, Socratic dialogue, ancient Greek (reading).
Also true
- Zazen: Sōtō Zen, personal practice — student, not teacher
- Spinoza: ethics, philosophy of mind; the undergraduate focus that stuck
- Systems thinking: class, power, institutional critique
Current Status
- Thesis: data collection and analysis complete; manuscript in progress
- Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Open to: behavioral-health research, mental-health technology, clinical data, and science communication roles
Contact
cole@cole.press — Email is best. I check it when I'm not on crisis lines.