Dr Amy Cook

• Student mental health and wellbeing with a focus on inclusivity
• Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor
• Parental and carer’s perceptions of therapists and their role in supporting children’s mental health
• Therapists’ experiences of working with children and their families

• PhD

• MRes in Psychological Research Methods

• BSc (Hons) Psychology

• Certified Trainer in Mental Health First Aid Training

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• The British Psychological Society
• Advance HE

All UG Psychology courses:

• Quantitative Research Methods and Analysis

MSc Counselling, Children and Young People:

• Diversity, Cultural, Familial & Contextual Dynamics
• Research Project

Experiences of university students studying MSc Counselling in the UK, parental perceptions of therapists and their role in supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing, and the experiences of therapists working with children and their families.

• Co-supervisor of Grace Richards: Strategies for tackling mental health and wellbeing in education

Jutley-Neilson, J., Rodenhurst, N., Clarke-Jeffers, P., Gray, G., Von Muhlenen, A., Watson, D. G., Cook, A., Sataro, K., & Hodson, L. (2025). A co-produced mixed-methods study exploring Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic psychology students’ experiences at two UK universities. Psychology Teaching Review, 31 (V2).

Klein, J., Allen, H., Clibbens, J., Cook, A., Amanatidou, V. & Mavritsaki, E. (2025). Selective visual attention in ADHD: A narrative review. Current neurology and Neuroscience reports. 25, 51

Cook, A., Keyte, R., Sprawson, I., Matharu, A., Mantzios, M. (2024). Mental Health First Aid experiences: a qualitative investigation into the emotional impact of Mental Health First Aid responsibilities and the significance of self-compassion. SN Social Sciences, 4, 171, 1-16.

Cook, A., Egan, H., Wood, J., & Mantzios, M. (2023). Examining the relationship of depression and anxiety to academic entitlement, and the potential mediating role of mindfulness. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 1-12. doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2023.2241382

* Bryant, A., Cook, A., Egan, H., Wood, J., & Mantzios, M. (2021) Help-seeking behaviours for mental health in higher education, Journal of Further and Higher Education , doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2021.1985983

* Kauser, S., * Yaqoob, S., Cook, A., O’Hara, M., Mantzios, M., & Egan, H. (2021). Learning from the experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) university students who withdraw from their undergraduate degree. SN Social Sciences 1. doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00115-8

Egan, H., O’Hara, M., Cook, A., & Mantzios, M (2021). Mindfulness, self-compassion, resiliency and wellbeing in higher education: a recipe to increase academic performance, Journal of Further and Higher Education, doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2021.1912306

Keyte, R., * Mullis, L., Egan, H., Hussain, M., Cook, A., & Mantzios, M. (2021). Self-Compassion and Instagram Use Is Explained by the Relation to Anxiety, Depression, and Stress. Journal of technology in Behavioural Science. doi.org/10.1007/s41347-020-00186-z

* Rizal, F., Egan, H., Cook, A., Keyte, R., & Mantzios, M. (2020). Examining the impact of mindfulness and self-compassion on the relationship between mental health and resiliency. Current Issues in Personality Psychology. doi.org/10.5114/cipp.2020.100792

Mantzios, M., Egan, H., & Cook, A. (2020). Mental Health First Aid in the UK: how important is First Aid when Professional Mental Health Services are in dire straits? SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 2(6), 759-760.

* Czerwinski, N., Egan, H., Cook, A. & Mantzios, M. (2020). Teachers and mindful colouring to tackle burnout, and increase mindfulness, resiliency and wellbeing. Contemporary School Psychology, 1-5.

Mantzios, M., Cook, A., Egan, H. (2020). Mental Health First Aid embedment within undergraduate psychology curriculums: An opportunity of applied experience for psychology students for enhancing mental health care in Higher Education institutions. Higher Education Pedagogies, 1-5.

Mantzios, M., Cook, A., Egan, H. (2019). Mental Health First Aid for students in the health professions: Exploring opportunities for experimental learning in Higher Education. Health Professions Education, 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.hpe.2019.03.001

Mantzios, M., Egan, H., Cook, A., Jutley-Neilson, J. & O’Hara, M. (2018). The role of Mindfulness in increasing student satisfaction: implications for mindfulness-based practices in Higher Education and the National Student Survey. Journal of Further and Higher Education. doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2018.1541970

* Iranzo-Bennett, R., Egan, H., Cook, A., & Mantzios, M. (2018). Mindfulness as an intervention for recalling information from a lecture as a measure of academic performance in Higher Education: A randomized Experiment. Higher Education for the Future, 5 (I), 75-88. doi: 10.1177/2347631117738649

* Ali, Z., * Wong, K.W., Egan, H., Cook, A., & Mantzios, M. (2017). All you can eat buffets, obesity, mindfulness, and mindful eating: An exploratory investigation. Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry, 1-7. doi: 10.15761/JPP.1000101

Mavritsaki E., Cook, A., & Humphreys, G. (2015). Towards grasping the underlying processes in ADHD using a visual search task: a computational modelling approach. Journal of Vision, 15 (12): 1S258.

Cook, A., & Meyer, A.S. (2008). Capacity demands of word production: New evidence from dual-task experiments. Journal of Experimental Psychology, Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 34, 886-899. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.34.4.886.

(Note: * indicates BCU student author)