Hello! I’m Dr. Yonatan Cohen, a licensed psychologist. I am a white, trans nonbinary, Ashkenazi Jewish and neurodivergent person with eight years of experience treating anxiety and OCD, depression, and trauma. I am passionate about emotional healing in my community, and in supporting other therapists to do the same. 

 I believe that you have everything within you that you need in order to heal — and, that sometimes we can all use a little help. I believe each client has inherent worth and unique strengths, and that you are the best knower of yourself. What I bring to our work is a deep knowledge of therapeutic techniques that can help people with anxiety and OCD, depression, and trauma, to feel better. I know it can be hard to reach out for help, so my goal is to create an empathic and compassionate space where, together, we can support you in the work of healing. 

 I specialize in helping clients with painful and traumatic experiences. I am experienced in working with clients who have survived sexual harm, intimate partner violence, pregnancy loss and childbirth trauma, medical trauma, military and combat trauma, community or identity-based violence, sudden death or loss of a loved one, and traumatic invalidation or rejection. A trauma response can show up as flashbacks and nightmares, but it can also show up as depression, self harm or suicidality, anger and irritability, or anxiety and panic. Rebuilding your life after trauma can take time, but with good therapy, these symptoms are treatable and do not have to be a part of that journey. 

 Often clients wonder if the pain you have gone through is “traumatic enough.” There is no rule about what “counts” as traumatic. There is evidence that when we take clients’ pain seriously, rather than gatekeeping what is trauma, people find relief. You are not too much, and what you have been through is not too small. Whatever you are carrying, I would be honored to support you.

 I also specialize in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). I practice exposure and response prevention therapy (ExRP) for OCD, because, it works. I have helped clients find relief from intrusive thoughts, fears, and compulsions around concerns including illness or contamination, reassurance seeking in intimate relationships, doubting and checking, and many others. I have completed a two year postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety (CTSA) specializing in ExRP for OCD, and I am certified in this treatment.