Dr. David Cordero is a bilingual Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Qualified Medical Evaluator in California. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside, and completed both his Masters and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco. Driven by a strong interest in trauma, Dr. Cordero completed an APA-accredited Pre-Doctoral Internship and Post-Doctoral Residency in Child Abuse and Trauma. His doctoral dissertation focused on the sociocultural influences in Posttraumatic Growth, reflecting his dedication to helping individuals experience positive life changes after stressful and traumatic events.

For the past 19 years, Dr. Cordero has worked extensively with culturally diverse individuals in a variety of clinical and forensic settings, including community mental health clinics, trauma and substance abuse outpatient clinics, forensic outpatient clinics and maximum-security state prisons, as well as hospitals and public schools. He has received formal training in assessing and treating trauma, anger management, and substance addiction, and is skilled in evidence-based therapies such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Aggression Replacement Therapy (ART), Seeking Safety, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).

Dr. Cordero specializes in depression, anxiety, and trauma, as well as anger and stress management, relational issues, self-esteem and codependency, substance and behavioral addictions, and immigration psychological evaluations. He also provides addiction treatment in the Department of Addiction Medicine and Recovery Services at Kaiser Permanente.

Outside of his professional work, Dr. Cordero enjoys strength training, attending sporting events, reading personal development books, optimizing mental and physical health, and exploring Latin America.