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Lizette Munoz, MA, LPC-S

Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor · Trauma Therapist
Lizette Muñoz is a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor with more than 12 years of outpatient clinical practice. Based in El Paso, she provides individual, family, and couples psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults. Her work focuses on trauma, abuse, neglect, and family concerns. She offers services in English and Spanish.
Approach to care
Lizette develops individualized treatment plans around each client’s clinical needs and goals. Her therapeutic work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She collaborates with families and other involved professionals to support coordinated care.
Clinical experience & family services
In private practice since 2014, Lizette has worked with child welfare agencies, foster care organizations, attorneys, and other professionals supporting children and families. Her background includes community critical incident response and clinical testimony in court proceedings.
From 2017 to 2024, she completed home study work with foster care and family service agencies, including A World for Children, Upbring, and Family Endeavors. This work involved interviewing prospective foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers, conducting home visits, and preparing comprehensive reports.
Her earlier roles include Behavioral Health Service Coordinator with Amerigroup/Anthem and counseling work at Emergence Health Network. These experiences inform her understanding of behavioral health systems, medical necessity, provider coordination, and transitions in care.
Clinical supervision
Lizette supports developing counselors through supervision, case conceptualization, treatment planning, clinical reasoning, and documentation. She is the clinical supervisor for Cynthia Flores and Angelica Jimenez Valenzuela.
Education
- PhD in Clinical Psychology, Walden University — in progress; anticipated graduation Fall 2028.
- Master of Science in Psychology, Walden University — 2026.
- Master of Arts in Community Counseling, Webster University — 2011; valedictorian.
- Bachelor of Science in Marriage, Family, and Human Development, Brigham Young University — 2005.
Licensure, certifications & specialized training
- Texas Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor — license 69258.
- Certified Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Therapist.
- EMDR training; EMDRIA Consultant in Training, pursuing Approved Consultant status.
- Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Assessment certification.
- Basic Mediation Training, Manousso Mediation — 40 hours, 2025.
- Parenting Coordination and Facilitation Training, Manousso Mediation — 16 hours, 2025.
Cynthia Flores, MS, LPC-A

Licensed Professional Counselor Associate
Cynthia offers a warm, compassionate, and collaborative space for people navigating anxiety, painful experiences, relationship challenges, and life’s uncertainties. She helps clients explore their experiences, strengthen their relationship with themselves, and build more fulfilling connections with others.
Her approach is person-centered and tailored to each client’s goals and pace. Cynthia is trained in EMDR and draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, strengths-based approaches, and Gottman Method techniques. At a client’s request, she can incorporate Christian beliefs and spiritual practices into counseling.
Areas of focus
Anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, coping skills, relationship issues, family conflict, parenting, anger management, codependency, spirituality, and support for first responders.
Clients & languages
Cynthia works with children ages 6 and older, preteens, teens, adults, and older adults. Her work includes individual and group counseling. She speaks English and Spanish.
Education & experience
Cynthia earned her Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2025. She brings more than 10 years of experience in the mental health field, beginning her career in case management.
Texas LPC Associate license: 100591
Supervised by: Lizette Munoz, MA, LPC-S.
Angelica Jimenez Valenzuela, MA, MS, LPC-A

Licensed Professional Counselor Associate
Angelica offers a compassionate, supportive space for people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about their next steps. She works with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, and life transitions. Her clinical focus includes court-involved families, parent-child reunification, co-parenting, attachment concerns, and high-conflict separation and divorce.
Her approach is collaborative and shaped around each client’s experiences and goals. She draws on EMDR-informed trauma treatment, cognitive behavioral interventions, dialectical behavior therapy, attachment-focused approaches, family systems principles, and grief interventions. Faith-sensitive counseling can be incorporated when clinically appropriate and requested by the client.
Areas of focus
Anxiety, trauma and PTSD, grief, depression, stress, burnout, relationship issues, divorce, family conflict, parenting, self-esteem, anger management, ADHD, behavioral and school concerns, addiction and substance use, domestic violence, eating concerns, self-harming behaviors, spirituality, and support for first responders and veterans.
Clients
Children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Bilingual services in English and Spanish.
Education & credentials
Angelica’s educational background includes graduate studies in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Liberty University and a bachelor’s degree in Social Psychology from Park University. She holds the National Certified Counselor (NCC) credential and a 2024 certificate from the National Association of Christian Counselors. Her experience includes counseling, case management, community education, and more than three decades of pastoral and community leadership.
Texas LPC Associate license: 102482
Supervised by: Lizette Munoz, MA, LPC-S.