Sylvia (Mishel) Lopez

S. Mishel Lopez is a Clinician for The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Endeavors for the San Antonio and Killeen clinics, where she provides individual therapy services to veterans, active-duty service members, and military families. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from St. Mary’s University and a Master of Arts degree in Counseling from the University of Texas at San Antonio.   

Prior to her professional journey as a mental health therapist and advocate, Mishel served the Bexar County community providing personal safety education, child abuse prevention education, classroom facilitation on parenting/child development/childbirth education, and case management services.  Her path to the behavioral health field began in 2010 with a focus on working with children and teens.  She is now a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2018 and has worked with children, adolescents, and adults with experience providing individual therapy services and couples therapy services.   Mishel operates from a person-centered, strength-based, trauma-informed perspective to provide evidence-based treatment interventions to individuals recovering from traumatic experiences, substance use, life transitions, relationship distress, crisis interventions, and other challenges. 

As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Mishel provides support and encouragement and is passionate about creating a safe space for her clients.  She is an advocate for change and strives to promote growth by reinforcing strengths and resources along with helping to build skills around self-compassion and mindfulness.  

Outside of work Mishel enjoys fishing, hiking, trail biking, and camping.  She enjoys spending quality time with her children and family and her church community.