Michelle Cutrer is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, working under the supervision of Dr. Tricia McKenna. Michelle is dedicated to helping clients find their way past difficult life experiences and towards a more satisfying and fulfilling life. She is also passionate about helping couples to find the secure emotional connection and bond they long for.
Michelle’s therapeutic approach is person-centered, compassionate, strengths-based and non-pathologizing. She draws from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), neuroscience-informed approaches, mindfulness, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and inner parts work informed by Internal Family Systems. Her goal is to create a safe, caring, supportive, and non-judgmental space where clients can explore their inner lives, gain insight, recognize their strengths, and move towards a greater sense of wholeness and well-being.
She brings rich life experience to her work as a therapist, including from her prior career as an attorney, work with refugees and asylum seekers, years teaching, and time spent abroad. As a therapist, she has worked with people of all ages and from many different backgrounds in family counseling and community mental health settings. She also speaks Spanish and French.
Michelle would be honored to accompany and support you on your journey.
B.A., COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OR
M.A., LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, CA
PH.D., COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, CA
J.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CA
M.A., COUNSELING (CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH), NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY, LAS VEGAS, NM
