Overview
Jeffrey Cohen (he/him) is a clinical psychologist who provides compassionate, research-supported psychotherapy to youth and adults, with a focus on anxiety and related disorders. Dr. Cohen’s approach is collaborative and tailored to meet individual treatment goals.
Dr. Cohen teaches Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Psychiatry Residency Training Program and courses on Abnormal Behavior and Mindfulness in the Psychology Department. He has been interviewed by numerous media outlets and is passionate about leveraging technology to increase access to effective mental health treatment. Dr. Cohen graduated from the doctoral program jointly run by Stanford University School of Medicine and Palo Alto University and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the San Francisco VA Medical Center in affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Adolescent Psychotherapy
- Agoraphobia
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Couples Therapy
- Depression
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- LGBTQ Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Mindfulness
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychotherapy
- Relationship Problems
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Specific Phobia
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at CUIMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Male
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- HMO
- NY Signature
- Student Health
CHP Student Health
- CHP-NYU
Cigna
- POS
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- PPO
Local 1199
- NYP Employee Plan
UnitedHealthcare
- Behavioral Health (Columbia University Employee Plan)
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- Palo Alto University-Stanford University School of Medicine Consortium
- Fellowship: San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital
Committees, Societies, Councils
- Co-chair, Sexual and Gender Minority Special Interest Group, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Research
Selected Publications
- The Promise of Digital Mental Health for LGBTQ+ Youths
- Anxiety and Related Disorders and Concealment in Sexual Minority Young Adults
- Rejection Sensitivity as a Transdiagnostic Risk Factor for Internalizing Psychopathology among Gay and Bisexual Men
- Classification Models for Subthreshold Generalized Anxiety Disorder in a College Population: Implications for Prevention
- Affirmative Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training With Sexual Minority Veterans
- Talking With Youth About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity