Zoe Cohen, LCSW
Therapist, Columbus Park
I work with adolescents and adults navigating eating disorders, anxiety, and emotional patterns. My approach is validating, honest, and structured, combining practical tools with direct work toward change.
Specialties: Eating disorders, body image, adolescents
Personal Pronouns: She/Her
How I work
✓ Skills-based work grounded in CBT, DBT, and ACT
✓ Strong experience across higher levels of care
✓ Direct, honest approach that supports accountability
✓ Focus on patterns like avoidance and rigidity
✓ Experience leading DBT and process groups
✓ Balance of validation and forward movement
We’re a good fit if…
✓ You want practical tools to feel more in control
✓ You struggle with anxiety, avoidance, or overwhelm
✓ You want a therapist who is direct but supportive
✓ You benefit from structure and accountability
✓ You’ve tried therapy before but still feel stuck
✓ You’re ready to actively engage in change
About me
I began my career in mental health by volunteering with the Samaritans Suicide Prevention Hotline in Manhattan, providing support to individuals in acute distress. I went on to gain clinical experience at Academics West and Therapy West, where I provided individual and group therapy to adolescents with a range of presentations, including anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, depression, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit disorder, and dissociative identity disorder.
With a growing interest in specializing in eating disorders, I joined Monte Nido in New York, where I worked with both adolescents and adults in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. In this role, I facilitated DBT skills groups, process-oriented groups, and meal support, helping clients build practical tools while also addressing underlying patterns.
I continued my post-graduate clinical work at Balance Eating Disorder Treatment Center in Manhattan as a primary therapist, providing individual and group therapy to adults using CBT, DBT, and ACT. I have further advanced my training through NYU’s Advanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy program and became Radically Open DBT certified in October 2023. I also completed Enhanced CBT (CBT-E) training at the Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford, where CBT-E is recognized as a leading evidence-based treatment for eating disorders.
I would describe my therapy style as validating, honest, and collaborative.
Graduate: Yeshiva University, MSW
Undergraduate: University of Delaware, BA, Science
Licensed: New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey, LCSW