ROBERTA COHEN, LCSW
Director, Cohen Associates, P.A.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Roberta received her B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and her Master of Social Work from Michigan State University.
After receiving her Master degree, Roberta worked at Genessee County Community Mental Health in Flint, Michigan. In 1979, she moved to Houston, Texas and directed the Family Counseling Clinic at the Chicano Training Center. She also acted as field work instructor for Master degree students from the University of Texas/Austin and the University of Houston.
Roberta entered private practice in 1982. Over the years, she has worked with individuals and families with a wide range of emotional and behavioral disorders, but in most recent years, her interests have centered on the provision of trauma/critical incident stress managment services, management consultations, corporate trainings, coaching and customized counseling services for corporate executives and their families. Roberta is fluent in Spanish. To date, she has traveled as far as Ecuador, the Caribbean and the Middle East assisting multinational companies with critical incidents and other urgent needs.
Roberta is licensed in the State of Texas as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the Employee Assistance Professionals Association and the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. Roberta volunteers as a mental health professional with the non-profit Bluebonnet CISM Team, which serves local EMS/fire departments and law enforcement agencies in the greater Houston, TX area.