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Spring 2026

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Alternative and Complementary Medicine | Applied Behavior Analysis | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities | Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms | Clinical Psychology | Cognitive Psychology | Cognitive Science | Communication | Counseling | Medical Humanities | Medical Neurobiology | Medical Pathology | Medical Physiology | Medical Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Mental Disorders | Psychiatry and Psychology | Psychology

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Cynthia Cavazos Gonzalez PhD is an Associate Professor of Clinical Practice at UTRGV in Edinburg, Texas and she is the clinic director of the UTRGV Psychology training clinic. She completed a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology in Fresno, California. Her doctoral degree is in Clinical Psychology with a major specialization in Neuropsychology and minor specialization in Health Psychology. She completed an APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship at UTMB in Galveston with a major emphasis in hospital consultation, outpatient psychotherapy, and psychological and neuropsychological evaluations with diverse populations. She completed an informal neuropsychology post-doctoral residency in Texas under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Keiser in which conducted neuropsychological evaluations with adult and elderly patients for differential diagnosing of neurocognitive disorders. As a licensed psychologist, she practiced for over twenty years in an outpatient mental health private practice and provided hospital consultations to local community behavioral and rehabilitation hospitals. She has served in state and local community organizations including the including Region 11 Medicaid CHIP Advisory Council, UTPA College of Health Sciences & Human Services Advisory committee, and the Texas Brain Injury Advisory Board. She is a professional member of the American Psychological Association and Association of Psychology Training Clinics. She has widely presented on mental health topics including dementia, cognitive rehabilitation, brain injuries, depression, coping with grief and loss, trauma survivors, neuropsychological aspects of autism, neurocognitive impairments, adjustment to cancer, and psychological treatment of mental illnesses. She has completed training certifications in the areas of Trauma Focused CBT, Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH), Certified Brain Injury Specialist (trainer), Hypnosis, and Balint Leadership Training Intensive. In addition to serving and advocating for the Rio Grande Valley mental health community, Dr. Gonzalez has been actively involved with supervising bilingual mental health providers to address the shortage of providers by helping to train numerous doctoral and master level students affiliated to external graduate programs (Walden University, Feilding University, and Capella University) and UTRGV. At one point in her career, she was a trailblazer along with her colleague, Dr. Joseph McCoy and participated in the Texas Psychological Association Lone Star Psychology Consortium and maintained a predoctoral internship site at her outpatient mental health clinic. In 2019, Dr. Gonzalez became the clinical director of the newly founded UTRGV Psychology training clinic and established a community mental health clinic to provide training opportunities for the clinical psychology graduate students to apply empirically supported psychological assessment and treatment techniques in a professional and ethical manner to individuals in our community within a culturally sensitive and inclusive environment.

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Heroes of Medicine in the Rio Grande Valley: Documentary Interview with Dr. Cynthia Cavazos Gonzalez

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