Cindy is a licensed clinical psychologist for the state of Arizona. She earned a Doctorate in Clinical-Community Psychology in 2010 at University of La Verne, California. Cindy’s expertise includes providing counseling services to adolescents and adults in both inpatient and outpatient settings; primarily in managing anxiety disorders, mood disorders, substance abuse and addiction, dual diagnosis, chronic pain, medical adherence, post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as provide psychological testing and comprehensive ADHD testing services. She uses an integrative approach, often pulling from cognitive behavioral therapy and humanistic therapy, while incorporating a strengths-based framework that focuses on increasing each individual’s awareness of his or her inner resiliency in overcoming challenges. Cindy possesses familiarity with evidence-based therapeutic techniques insight-oriented dialogue, dialectical behavioral skills acquisition, motivational interviewing techniques, cognitive reframing, awareness exercises, self-monitoring experiments, visualization, guided imagery, journal keeping, drawing, and bibliotherapy. She collaborates with key individuals in each client’s life such as other therapists, nutritionists, physicians and psychiatrists, family members, for treatment planning and coordination of care. Cindy is an adjunct psychology faculty at Prescott College and is actively involved in the local community as a volunteer. She also enjoys reading science fiction books, playing scrabble, mountain trail running, and considers herself to be a hard-core “Trekkie”.
