AMFT
Michelle Cortez
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Anxiety, cultural identity, relationship challenges, and the weight of carrying trauma quietly. Relational and culturally responsive at heart.
Who I work with
Individuals and couples navigating anxiety, trauma, and the parts of cultural identity that rarely get named in therapy. Especially those who've felt like their background was something to translate around rather than be understood through. Also couples in ethical non-monogamy or alternative relationship structures who want therapy that doesn't make the structure the problem.
My approach
Relational, culturally responsive, trauma-informed. I draw from DBT for emotion regulation, the Gottman Method for relationship work, ERP for anxiety and OCD patterns, and narrative therapy to help you see the story you've been inside of — so you can decide what to keep writing and what to rewrite.
Specialties
- ·Anxiety
- ·Trauma Therapy
- ·Couples Therapy
- ·Cultural Identity
- ·Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM)
Modalities
- ·DBT
- ·Gottman Method
- ·Narrative Therapy
- ·Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)
- ·Motivational Interviewing
- ·Trauma-Focused CBT
- ·Functional Family Therapy
Verify & credentialing bodies
- Verify Michelle Cortez's California license on the Department of Consumer Affairs license search — California Board of Behavioral Sciences
- Gottman Method — research overview and therapist training — The Gottman Institute
- Behavioral Tech (Linehan Institute) — DBT training — Linehan Institute
California AMFT Registration #146795
Supervised by Christina Mathieson, LMFT #115093
Work with Michelle.
Free 15 minutesconsultation. No commitment, no pressure — just a conversation to see if it's a fit.
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