A clinical psychologist holding a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri and an Associate Clinical Faculty appointment in the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Melissa E. Munoz runs a Third Avenue private practice serving teens, adults, and older adults across Hillcrest. Her caseload sits within a Hillcrest cohort of Latino and bilingual clinicians that includes Carlos Alarid, providing same-corridor options for clients seeking a culturally specific match. Her approach integrates Cognitive Processing Therapy, multiculturally grounded trauma protocols, and self-compassion work for clients navigating identity development, grief, military transitions, and BIPOC and LGBTQ+ specific concerns. Her UCSD faculty role places her in the same teaching and consultation network as UC San Diego Health Family Medicine, supporting warm handoffs from primary care for patients first identified with depression, PTSD, or anxiety during a medical visit. She has substantial clinical work with active-duty service members, veterans, working adults, and graduate students. Her most layered cases involve military-connected adults presenting with complex PTSD, identity-based grief, and acculturation stress requiring extended trauma-focused treatment over twenty or more sessions.