About Me

Educational and Professional Experience

I earned my Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. I then earned my Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and my PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I completed my Postdoctoral Fellowship at the UC Davis MIND Institute.

I have received training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT), and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). I have also recently obtained certification in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), and intend to receive further training in other psychedelic assisted therapies as they become available.

I specialize in working with individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as siblings and parents of those on the autism spectrum. My other specialties include Obsessive-Compulsive and related disorders (including hair pulling and skin picking), Tourette's and other tic disorders, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety disorder. I have also worked with people who have been diagnosed with depression, PTSD, and more.

Publications

Tudor, M. E., Cohen, S. J., Winder-Patel, B., & Angkustsiri, K. (In Press). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. In H.M. Feldman (Eds.) Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, 5th edition.

Cohen, S., Koegel, R., Koegel, L. K., Engstrom, E., Young, K., & Quach, A. (2021). Using Self-Management and Visual Cues to Improve Responses to Nonverbal Social Cues in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Behavior Modification, 1-24.

Cohen, S. J. (2020). Impact of the START Intervention on Social Competencies for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. (Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara).

Koegel, L. K., Cohen, S. J., Koegel, R. L. (2018). Improving Communication Skills for Adolescents and Adults with ASD. Pivotal Response Treatment, 2nd Edition. Paul H. Brooks Publishing, Baltimore, MD.

Van Etten, H. M., Kaur, M., Srinivasan, S. M., Cohen, S. J., Bhat, A., & Dobkins, K. R. (2017). Increased Prevalence of Unusual Sensory Behaviors in Infants at Risk for, and Teens with, Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47(11), 3431-3445.

Cohen, S. J. (2015). Moderating the effects of parenting stress on marital satisfaction in parents of children with intellectual disability (Masters Thesis, University of Hawai'i at Manoa).

Pallett, P. M., Cohen, S. J., & Dobkins, K. R. (2014). Face and object discrimination in autism, and relationship to IQ and age. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(5), 1039–1054.