Monya
Cohen
Monya Cohen
- Campus: Washington, DC
- Department: Clinical Psychology
- Institution: The Chicago School
- Address: 901 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005
Biography
I am thrilled to be teaching at The Chicago School - DC Campus!
I am a 2001 graduate of Argosy University in Washington DC with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. I earned a master's in social work in 1993 from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. Prior to retiring from the State of Maryland in March 2021, I was employed as a primary therapist and the Director of Internship Training at the John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (JLG-RICA) in Rockville Maryland.
I am very familiar with many sides of graduate psychology training - as a psychology graduate student, as an adjunct professor and as someone who has trained and reviewed hundreds of internship applications for students interested in psychological assessment and therapy with teens and their families.
Currently, I am a solo practitioner in private practice. I have been working with survivors of childhood trauma for over twenty years. I am a DBT trained therapist as well as a registered yoga teacher and certified yoga therapist. I find integrating aspects of mind-body medicine and traditional psychotherapies very beneficial to my clients.
Education History
Degree Institution Year Psy.D. Argosy University , Arlington, VA 2001 MSW University of Maryland at Baltimore , Baltimore, MD 1995 BS Temple University , Philadelphia, PA 1991 Professional Memberships
Role Organization Member International Association of Yoga Therapists Member Yoga Alliance Member National Register of Health Service Psychologists Presentations
Title Location Date Culturally Responsive Supervision The Chicago School - DC Campus 11/2023 The Breath: Your Most Effective Coping Tool JLG-RICA - Rockville, MD 04/2023 Yoga Therapy: It is through the body that you can change everything you want to change JLG-RICA - Rockville, MD 03/22 Yoga Therapy: It is through the body that you can change everything you want to change Spring Grove Hospital Center - Catonsville, MD 04/2022 Yoga for Scleroderma Scleroderma Foundation of Greater Washington 04/2018 Poly-victimization: What it is and why it matters to victims rights National Crime Victims Law Institute, Portland, Oregon 08/2012 Child Development and Interaction Techniques: Understanding Cognitive Development National Crime Victims Law Institute, Portland, Oregon 07/29/2012 Motivational Interviewing JLG-RICA, Rockville, MD 10/2012 Motivational Interviewing JLG-RICA, Rockville, MD 09/2012 The Effects of Early and Repeated Interpersonal Abuse and Neglect on Children and Adolescents Coppin State University 04/05/2012 Trauma Informed Care Across the Life Span Barstow Acres Children's Center, PG County MD 11/04/2011 Trauma Informed Care for Faith Communities Abbington Fire Academy, Abbington, MD 03/21/2011 Recognizing Childhood Trauma at RICA School JLG-RICA, Rockville, MD 03/08/2011 Recognizing Childhood Trauma at RICA School JLG-RICA, Rockville, MD 03/15/2011 The Use of "No Talk Therapies" with traumatized children JLG-RICA, Rockville, MD 11/17/2010 Considering trauma exposure and trauma symptom assessment tools JLG-RICA, Rockville, MD 09/15/2010 The Neurobiological Basis of Trauma JLG-RICA, Rockville, MD 11/03/2009 Trauma Informed Care JLG-RICA, Rockville, MD 10/15/2009 Trauma Informed Care JLG-RICA, Rockville, MD 09/03/2009 Trauma Across the Life Span Spring Grove Hospital Center, Catonsville, MD 04/03/2009 Community Involvement
Role Organization Volunteer RICA Association Licenses
Psychologist , Maryland Yoga Therapist - Certificate , Maryland Publications
Other McDuff, D., Blais, L., Cohen, M., Stevenson, W., & McWilliams, E. (2008). Trauma Recovery Services for Psychiatric Inpatients. Journal of Psychological Trauma. 7 (1). (47-61).