Shari Cohn, MSSW, LCSW, SC, CSAT

• Sex Therapy For Sexual Difficulties: Includes low or no sexual desire, difficulty with arousal, problems with orgasm, pain with intercourse, erectile problems, early or late ejaculation, negative effects of medication, trauma and/or illness on sexual functioning, differences in couples' sexual desire, questions about sexual orientation, sexual enhancement.
  
• Therapy For Adult Survivors of Sexual and Non-Sexual Trauma and Abuse/Assault:    negative effects including post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the lives of survivors and their partners and families.
  
• Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity
  
• Internet Sexual Addiction/Cybersex Addiction
  
• Partners/Spouses and Families of Sex Addicts
  
• Therapeutic modalities include cognitive and EMDR
  
• Individual and Couples/Marital Therapy:
  
• Presentations and workshops to a wide range of audiences including mental health and other professionals, medical students, graduate students on sexuality, abuse and survivors coping.
  
• Regular guest on radio shows on the topic of sexuality.
  

  
  

I believe that the foundation of effective psychotherapy is a good collaborative relationship between the therapist and the client. I work hard to make this happen.  I continually ask for feedback from clients about how helpful I am being in assisting them to reach their goals. I listen to feedback from clients and ask them to listen to my perspective. We work together as a team to support them in reclaiming sexuality and reclaiming their life.  

Compassion and understanding alone are not enough to help people to identify their patterns of coping that are no longer working for them or to stop doing behaviors that are dangerous for them or others or to learn new skills. This is where I use the professional training and clinical skills I have developed in almost thirty years as a mental health professional.

I assess the clients’ needs and work with them to use the tools that will be most helpful to identify and reach their goals. I provide effective strategies to deal with the problems clients are facing - ranging from cognitive behavioral strategies to deal with depression and anxiety to specific sex therapy strategies to help with sexual dysfunction to clear performable tasks to address sexual addiction and compulsivity. Among the other psychotherapeutic approaches I use include insight oriented psychotherapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, transactional analysis, interpersonal reconstructive therapy, relaxation techniques, art therapy, gestalt therapy, bibliotherapy and EMDR. 

While the specific treatment approaches vary depending on the issues individuals are addressing, the services I provide include:

• Evaluation
• Treatment Planning including goals and methods to achieve goals
• Individual psychotherapy
• Couples psychotherapy
• Family sessions
• Community Support sessions
• Group Psychotherapy
• Coordination of services with other treatment providers
• Referral as needed