Christina Cortez PSY.D CANDIDATE
Psychologist | Clinical
1815 State St. E Santa Barbara CA, 93101About
Dr. Christina Cortez is multiculturally informed and bilingual in Spanish. She has been dedicated to serving predominantly Latinx populations, specifically adolescents, young adults and families. Her clinical training niche includes Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well as Mindfulness-Based practices to help increase the resilience, stability and overall wellbeing of her patients.
In addition to her role at OpenMinds, Dr. Cortez is a therapist at Mission Harbor Behavioral Health, where she supports adults, adolescents and their families in the treatment programs. Dr. Cortez is a 2020 graduate of Antioch University Clinical Psychology Doctoral program in Santa Barbara. She completed her Master's in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University Santa Barbara in 2016.
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Antioch University Doctor of Clinical Psychology 2020
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What kind of doctor do you see for anger issues?
Seeing a mental health worker might be helpful, a clinical psychologist or marriage and family therapist may be helpful for you to get the guidance to develop the capacity to tolerate difficult emotions and also give you tools help you learn to "respond" rather than "react". Plus more, often times, we learn to be defensive because there is an underlying hurt that was want to protect. But only when you are open to talking about them, can give process them. This is done in a compassionate and caring way. I hope you find the courage and connect with a trained mental health worker. READ MORE
How do you stop panic attacks without medication?
Breath work, the breath has the capacity to shift from the "fight, flight, freeze, fawn" response and into the "rest and digest made". In other words, the breath can ground the brain from a "bottom up" approach to engage the parasympathetic nervous system and be more relaxed and alert. READ MORE
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Dr. Cortez received an award and grant for her social justice research foci, which was a phenomenological investigation of the lived experiences of immigrant parents who have special needs children to identify themes with the aim of supporting this population. She completed her predoctoral training at the Santa Barbara School Psychology Internship Consortium (SB-PIC) in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Unified School District and Family Service Agency (FSA) and worked in the local high schools.
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