Healing begins with building a strong therapeutic relationship that provides safety and security as we explore painful or challenging subjects. Jen Cohn’s therapy style is nonjudgmental, warm, authentic and supportive, incorporating humor, playfulness  and creativity. Motivated by her deep belief that every person has the innate capacity to heal, Jen will collaborate with you to discover an increased sense of joy, balance, and connectedness to others in your life.

Many of us come to therapy feeling stuck in thoughts, patterns, and behaviors that may have once helped us survive but are no longer serving us. Together, we will identify your strengths, what you’d like to change, and what stories from the past that are getting in the way of you fully experiencing your present. Jen draws from her training in EMDR, AEDP,  TF-CBT, Motivational Interviewing, attachment-focused interventions, as well as safety assessment and safety planning for treatment of suicidal ideation and self-harm. She has extensive experience as a therapist in community-based mental health clinics at Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center and Children’s Aid Society.

Jen Cohn has expertise in treating anxiety, depression, grief, and the impacts of trauma. She has a particular commitment to teens and young adults. Times of transition in adolescence (entering high school, going to college, starting a new job) can feel especially overwhelming, but also provide so many opportunities for growth.  She values the courage, resilience, and authenticity that young people bring to these transitions.

Jen welcomes all parts of your identity and history into the therapy room. She works with people across cultures and identities - including transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming youth and their families. Prior to becoming a therapist, Jen was a fundraiser for community-based organizations that support immigrants, refugees, and survivors of violence throughout New York City, including Day One, the Arab American Family Support Center, and the Arab American Association of NY. She has lived and learned abroad in Uganda, Rwanda, Italy, and Lebanon. Her experiences abroad and in community-based settings continue  to inform her practice and values as a therapist. Jen practices therapy through an intersectional lens that incorporates the importance of everyone’s unique identities, background, family of origin, cultural resources, and the reverberations of intergenerational, historical trauma. Jen prioritizes open and honest conversations about the ways her own identities impact the therapeutic relationship.

Jen Cohn was born and raised in Rhode Island, went to college in Vermont, and has lived in New York City for over a decade. She enjoys deep conversations about reality TV, reading, dungeons & dragons, casual hikes (aka walks) in nature, being near the ocean, and spending time with her two cats.