Lawrence S Cohen , MD

This is really a result of having read the previous reviewer’s post. I have been with Dr. Cohen for years, and I can honestly say that he saved my life, such was the condition I was in when I began seeing him. Regarding the drugs, if anything, Dr. Cohen tries to get me to the lowest dose with medication, while still rendering it effective.
He has been strong, patient, kind, and yes, funny and likes to lighten the mood with talk about film or whatever. Considering the fact that I sobbed for the entire first year with him, I reckon he is entitled to a knighthood. I would refer him to anyone without a second’s thought.

This guy is the biggest hack out there. Misdiagnosed me for 13 YEARS! Completely overmedicated me– had me on 6 separate psych meds at the same time and then blamed me for that. I could barely get out of bed, gained 80 lbs and he never noticed. Never once ordered a liver function test, although most of the meds he put me on require liver function monitoring so now my liver functions are screwed up. Never talked about anything meaningful in therapy. It’s great to pay $ 200 a session for psychotherapy and all he talks about are the movies he has seen. No joke. STAY AWAY if you value your health. He needs to have his license pulled.

I’ve been a patient of Dr Cohen for several years. He is perhaps the most insightful therapist I’ve ever seen, and I would highly recommend him to any friend who wanted to change themselves for the better or learn to manage their depression.

Dr. Lawrence Cohen is an exceptionally able and insightful psychiatrist with unusual counseling skills. In an age when psychiatry has become little more than pill pushing, Dr Cohen appreciates (and treats) the deeper psychic complexities of mental health issues. In my case, after several months of weekly talk therapy combined with medication we were able to conclude that the diagnosis of the two previous psychiatrists who had seen me was in error. While I certainly have some biochemical imbalances, the crisis I was experiencing was reactive — which was why it was not responding to ever-​escalating doses of psychotropic drugs. Over the course of the next year, Dr Cohen not only weaned me off the meds but helped me develop the tools to confront the life problems that were haunting me and make the significant changes that have brought me previously unimaginable happiness and self confidence. It was not easy or quick, but the insights Dr Cohen afforded me (usually by way of his Zen-​like questions), continue to support my well being today, four years since I concluded treatment. Worth every penny.

I have been seeing Dr. Cohen for about 3 years, on a weekly basis, following my stint in a rehab facility, after a particularly harrowing emotional period in my life. Therapy is not new to me, and I have consistently employed therapists as a help to my continued growth as a person. I got a referral to Dr. Cohen from my outstanding personal physician, and he refers only the best. I was, however, a bit skeptical at first, since I ws accustomed, by sheer chance, to female therapists… Dr. Cohen would be my first male therapist. In addition, I was used to doing my therpy with psychologists, not psychiatrists… there seems to be a difference in approach to me. Anyway… to the point: Dr. Cohen is an absolutely wonderful therapist, incredibly perceptive, helpful, kindly and understanding. I soon found that there was absolutely nothing I could not comfortably and with total confidence say or share with him that went unattended to in a very serious and professional manner; no detail was too small, no event too minimal. I have mentioned Dr. Cohen to friends, but here it seems it might be more effective. If you are looking for competence and extremely effective therapy, look no further… this man is a genius. I have grown so much under his guidance and with his assistance. What a mentor on the journey to self-​knowledge and positive growth and health!