Dr. Dodd Cohen,60, beloved husband of Susan Jay and father of Joshua Jay-Cohen died unexpectedly Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008.
Dr. Cohen was a clinical psychologist and in 1995, became certified as a psychoanalyst at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies. Later, he also became affiliated with the Psychoanalytic Center of California and held the position of its President at the time of his death. He was greatly admired and respected for his high level of scholarship as a thinker and teacher, as well as for his clinical acumen. In addition to his full professional life, he enjoyed many other interests, including a love of rock and roll music and politics. And in more recent years, he impressively pursued rigorous training in martial arts and achieved his black belt in tae kwon do. He was a wonderful husband, father, friend, colleague and clinician. We will all profoundly miss him.
Funeral services will be held at Hillside Memorial Park on Friday, December 19th at 1:00 P.M.
In lieu of flowers, his family requests that donations be made to Abrigo Martial Arts, c/o Ray Abrigo, 6511 ½ Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045.