Melissa A. Cohen, LCSW

Counseling where you don’t have to explain yourself comes in a few specialty flavors on the Upper West Side. Melissa A. Cohen, LCSW runs a private practice just off Broadway, squarely in the neighborhood’s residential stretch where brownstones meet doorman buildings. 1114 Broadway, New York, NY 10023 sits a block from the subway stairs and two from a farmers’ market that rolls in on weekends—easy access if you’re juggling sessions between errands.

Her style leans toward evidence-based talk therapy rather than generic life coaching. She’ll dig into workplace stress, relationship patterns, or anxiety using tools that look more like science than self-help gimmicks. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy shows up often, but she’s as comfortable with mindfulness exercises as with deeper narrative work, depending on what you need to untangle. If trauma or life transitions are the main event, she adapts the pace so the room doesn’t feel crowded with stuff you aren’t ready to unpack.

You won’t find the standard ‘self-care’ checklist plastered on the walls or a waiting area stocked with glossy brochures. Sessions feel clinical but not sterile; feedback loops shape the work in real time, so you’re not stuck debating abstract theories once you walk out the door. At the same time, the practice doesn’t turn into a lecture hall where jargon dominates. It’s therapy where the language stays yours, even when the topics get heavy.

Add contact info once near the end: call (917) 310-5552. Need the map? Grab directions from https://www.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x89c25990e2c1f9c3:0xc5f61928b3d27d55 if the GPS drops you two blocks north of West 84th.