Board Member
Director Gwen Lopez-Cohen trained at the NYU School of Medicine and graduated with honors in physiology and neuroscience. She completed her psychiatry and child psychiatry residencies at NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Gwen then completed an advanced residency in community psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center and the CT Mental Health Center. She is trained in all aspects of psychiatry, including psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, parent-child interaction training, and psychopharmacology. Dr. Gwen worked at the Yale Child Study Center as a clinician on a clinical trial of medications for children with autism and as the medical director at the Bridgeport Juvenile Detention Center. She served as a consultant to young adults with Asperger’s syndrome at the Chapel Haven residential program. In 2012, Dr. Gwen opened her private practice in Westport, CT. Dr. Gwen has a background in elementary education, including a Master’s Degree from the Bank Street College of Education in New York and six years of experience teaching. Dr. Gwen wrote a curriculum on India for New York City schoolchildren and was an avid student of Sanskrit and Bharatanatyam dance. Outside of the office, Dr. Gwen remains and advocates for patients and the profession of psychiatry as an American Psychiatric Association assembly member. Dr. Gwen resides in Westport, CT, and enjoys the Fairfield County community. Dr Gwen Lope-Cohen joined the board in 2023.
