Psychiatric Medication Management in Boston
Keep your therapist. Add a physician.
Dr. Victor Cohen, MD
CHA - Harvard Trained
Careful prescribing for adults who are already doing the work of therapy — and for the therapists who refer them.
Unhurried evaluations, quick access between visits, and a physician who works with your therapist directly.
Dr. Victor Cohen, MD
CHA - Harvard Trained
Medication, Managed With Care
Medication management is the ongoing physician work of psychiatric prescribing: evaluation, the right medication at the right dose, and honest follow-up.
This is not a fifteen-minute refill visit. A first evaluation with me is a full appointment built around your history — what you are experiencing, what you have already tried, what worked, and what the side effects cost you. Only then do we talk about what to prescribe, what to change, or sometimes, what to stop.
Visits are in person in Boston and Cambridge, or by video anywhere in Massachusetts, and you can reach me directly between appointments — because medication questions rarely arrive on schedule.
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Training & Affiliations
Harvard-trained
Adult Residency
Emory University
Medical training
Caroline Fu Psychiatry
Partner practice
Working With Your Therapist, Not Around Them
Many of my patients arrive the same way: therapy is helping, and their therapist has said some version of "it may be time to talk to a psychiatrist about medication." If that is you, nothing about your therapy needs to change. Your therapist stays your therapist. I handle the medical side — diagnosis, prescribing, monitoring — and, with your permission, keep your therapist in the loop after the initial evaluation and whenever the plan changes.
If you are a therapist
I built this practice to be easy to refer to. Your client is seen quickly, not placed on a months-long waitlist. Your role stays intact: I do not absorb clients into my own therapy caseload — if someone needs weekly therapy, that work remains yours. And you will actually hear back from me: with a signed release, I send my impressions after intake and updates when medications change, and I am reachable when something between visits worries you.
If a case needs more than medication — a diagnostic question, a client who has stopped responding, something that no longer feels like outpatient territory — I would rather hear about it early. Reach out and we can talk it through before you decide where to send them.
For therapists & their patients
A prescriber you can actually reach
Referrals are seen quickly, your therapy provider stays in place, and you hear back from me when you need to.
Conditions I Manage Medication For
I treat a wide range of psychiatric and psychological conditions. The list below is representative, not exhaustive.
Anxiety
ADHD
Depression and Mood
OCD
Trauma-Related Symptoms
Sleep Difficulty
Work & Life Stress
Bipolar & Psychotic Disorders
Life Transitions
What Careful Prescribing Looks Like Here
Diagnosis before prescription. The first visit is a complete history — not a checklist and a script.
Side effects and dosing questions do not wait for the next appointment, so you can reach me when they come up.
With your permission, your therapist hears from me after intake and whenever the plan changes — split care only works when the two of us actually talk.
How I Approach Medication
Medication is a tool, not a verdict. When it is the right tool, I start where the evidence and your history point, at the lowest dose that can work, and we adjust from what you actually experience — not from a schedule. When it is the wrong tool, I say so; some of the most useful visits I have end with fewer prescriptions, not more.
ADHD medication management
ADHD is a large part of my practice. That includes stimulant and non-stimulant options, a careful diagnostic evaluation before anything is prescribed, and the monitoring that responsible stimulant prescribing requires. If you already carry a diagnosis, I will still want to understand it before I continue someone else’s plan.
What follow-up looks like
Early in treatment we meet more often, because that is when medications need adjusting. Once things are stable, visits space out. Between them, you have direct access to me — the point of a small practice is that the physician who knows your history is the one who answers.
Reach Out Today
The first step is a confidential conversation.
During this initial discussion, we'll talk through your concerns, answer questions about my approach, and determine whether this practice is the right fit.
Seeking psychiatric care can feel like a significant step. My aim is to make it straightforward, and to make sure you get the thoughtful, unhurried attention a first evaluation deserves.
Dr. Victor Cohen sees adult patients from his Back Bay office, with availability in Cambridge.
Holistic Psychiatry in Boston
Learn More About Dr. Cohen
Now Accepting New Patients in-person and virtually.
In-person appointments are held at 186 Hampshire Street, Cambridge.
Boston office opening October 2026.
