Larry Cohen, LICSW, A-CBT

Larry Cohen, LICSW, A-CBT, is cofounder and cochair of the National Social Anxiety Center (NSAC), an association of many regional clinics around the US dedicated to fostering evidence-based services to people struggling with social anxiety. He has directed the Social Anxiety Help clinic (NSAC District of Columbia) in Washington, DC, since 1990 where he has provided cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for more than 1,000 persons with social anxiety, and has conducted one hundred twenty-week social anxiety CBT groups. Cohen is certified as a diplomate in CBT by the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, which has also conferred on him the status of fellow for having "made sustained outstanding contributions to the field of cognitive therapy."