Ralph Cohen, PhD, LMFT is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Counseling and Family Therapy at Central Connecticut State University where he was the director of the Master's program in Marriage and Family Therapy and currently coordinates the Internal Family Systems Continuing Education Program. He is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Dr. Cohen was a founding co-editor of the Journal of Self Leadership, and IFS-oriented professional publication. As a licensed psychologist and Marriage and Family therapist, Dr. Cohen has a private practice in West Hartford, Connecticut, providing IFS-based therapy for individuals, couples, and families.

Specialties

Depth orientation

Solo Lead Trainer with the IFS Institute — the most senior IFS training tier. Internal Family Systems works with the multiplicity of inner parts and the integrating Self, a structure that runs parallel to the depth-psychological idea of complexes and the ego-Self axis.

Cohen’s approach Preparing for a first session with Cohen