Michelle A. Cortez

Michelle A. Cortez is a Supervising Clinician for The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Endeavors, El Paso. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional. At the Cohen Clinic, she provides treatment to Veterans and military families.
Michelle holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Webster University and has worked in the mental health field for close to six years. Holding positions that range from Program Therapist to Program Manager, she has experience with inpatient care that provides individual and group therapy to children, women, adults, seniors, and military populations, including military children and adolescents. Michelle has spent the past three years working with Veteran and military populations in the mental health field with a focus on trauma.
Michelle has training in evidence-based practices to include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Pediatric Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Play Therapy. She also received training and is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). She has additional training in the Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 and Counseling Grief Clients.
In her spare time, Michelle enjoys working out, running, traveling, spending time with friends and family, and eating really good food.