M.A. in Psychology — Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
B.A. in Philosophy — Knox College
Dr. Cohn’s clinical work has focused on LGBTQIA+ adolescents, young adults and their families. Other areas of focus include: people in creative, academic or highly technical professions, people in relationships involving consensual non-monogamy and parents seeking to repair or maintain their connection to their adolescent or young adult offspring. Throughout his years of training, he has worked with individuals with severe mental illness, adult and adolescent sex offenders, adults with intellectual disabilities, families in which children faced a high risk of abuse and neglect and in general community mental health settings. Dr. Cohn received his Ph.D. in Family Therapy from Saint Louis University School of Medicine. His dissertation investigated the reactions of therapists of all disciplines to transgender clients. His research interests include: theoretical integration of systems theory and third-wave behaviorism, relational applications of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, technology and therapy and self-of-the-therapist issues involving sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, race and other cultural variables.
Dr. Cohn has served as secretary of the Saint Louis Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Cohn, A. S. (2014). Romeo and Julius: A narrative therapy intervention for sexual-minority couples. Journal of Family Psychotherapy 25(1), 73-77. doi:10.1080/08975353.2014.881696
Meyer, D., Barkley, S., Cohn, A., & Salas, J. (2018). Couples in love: Predictors of heart rate. The Family Journal, 26(2), 185-192. doi: 10.1177/1066480718770156
Meyer, D., Cohn, A., Robinson, B., Muse, F., & Hughes, R. (2017). Persistent complications of childhood sexual abuse: Sexually compulsive behaviors, attachment, and emotions. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2, 140-157. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2016.1269144
Meyer, D., Robinson, B., Cohn, A., Gildenblatt, L., & Barkley, S. (2016). The possible trajectory of relationship satisfaction across the longevity of a romantic partnership: Is there a golden age of parenting? The Family Journal, 24(4), 344-350. doi:10.1177/1066480716670141
Cohn, A. S. (2014). Romeo and Julius: A narrative therapy intervention for sexual-minority couples. Journal of Family Psychotherapy 25(1), 73-77. doi:10.1080/08975353.2014.881696
Hertlein, K. M., & Cohn, A. S. (2018, November/December). Should therapists swipe right on disruptive tech? Family Therapy Magazine, 17(6), 17-19.
Cohn, A. S. (2018, July). Book review of Why Gender Matters in The Family Psychologist, 34(2). http://www.apadivisions.org/division-43/publications/newsletters/2018/07/why-gender-matters.aspx
Cohn, A. S., & Hertlein, K. M. (2018, May/June). Paging Dr. Chatbot, LMFT: Artificial intelligence and the future of MFT. Family Therapy Magazine, 17(3), 22-25.
Cohn, A. S. (2017) Integrative couple therapy: The functional analytic approach. J. Lebow, A. Chambers, D. Breunlin (Eds.). The encyclopedia of couple and family therapy. New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_576-1
Cohn, A. S. (2017) “Simon, George.” J. Lebow, A. Chambers, D. Breunlin (Eds.). The encyclopedia of couple and family therapy. New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_800-1
Cohn, A. S., & Robinson, B. (2015). Attention-deficit disorder in children. F.F. Wherry, J.G. Golson (Eds.). The SAGE encyclopedia of economics and society (pp. 154-155). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. doi:10.4135/9781452206905.n66
Cohn, A. S., & Meyer, D. (2014). Families and health. L. Ganong, M. Coleman, J.G. Golson (Eds.). The social history of the American family (pp. 469-475). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Cohn, A. S. (2014). “Watson, John B.” L. Ganong, M. Coleman, J.G. Golson (Eds.). The social history of the American family (pp. 1430-1431). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.