Lissette Cortes PsyD CEDS

07/12/2025

It’s a wrap! So grateful for this opportunity to present with such incredible humans today 💕 totes the highlight of the conference, to share this time with them!

07/10/2025

Ready for ! See you all in Chicago! 🎉❤️

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06/23/2025

Heart full of gratitude and feeling energized! The annual facilitator retreat is always an incredible way to recenter and reconnect. I am so grateful for this incredible community; it’s truly like no other!

The alliance fosters a community of compassion, acceptance, hope for recovery and celebration for diversity. As alliance facilitators, we share this perspective and we foster us within our community as well as with the folks with eating disorders we are here to support.

10 years ago I signed up to run an in person support group for the Alliance, when it was just local to South Florida. Today the Alliance supports folks not only across the US but around the whole world! 💙🌎 I am so grateful to be part of these efforts and I believe that together we can truly make a difference.

03/03/2025

I've just reached 600 followers! Thank you for continuing support. I could never have made it without each one of you. 🙏🤗🎉

03/03/2025

Today’s food exposure brought to you by ! 😍 yum! 🌟 Let’s chat about the power of food exposures in treating OCD and eating disorders. As a clinician, I feel very lucky to share this space with my clients. Oftentimes OCD and EDs rules can take away the enjoyment of the foods we once loved. Eating can become stressful and frustrating when one is trying to appease OCD and/or the ED. It can feel so scary to go against these rules, make a mistake, eat the wrong thing or eat the wrong amount. But recovery is about finding flexibility and freedom. Recovery is about building a peaceful relationship with food. Here is how ERP can help our clients in this process.
✨1.Tackling Fears: Gradually facing those dreaded foods can really help overcome anxiety and make eating feel less dreadful.
✨2.Building Confidence: Helping clients confront their food fears strengthens their belief in themselves and their choices.
✨3.Getting Flexible: Food exposures encourage a more relaxed mindset, letting go of strict rules and making room for variety.
✨4.Boosting Resilience: Each small step builds up resilience, making it easier to tackle other challenges in life.
✨5.Reconnecting with Others: Sharing meals becomes more enjoyable, fostering connections with friends and family.

Remember, recovery is a journey, and every step counts. I’m here to support you! 💖

01/21/2025

Our first group of the year is here!
Join us for a compassionate and supportive OCD therapy group. This group facilitates ERP skills building and exposure planning. This is an open group with rolling admission, although we ask for an 8 week commitment. This group is open to adults who experience OCD and are participating in individual therapy. For more information and to sign up, please contact us at info@compassionateinst.com

01/21/2025

10/17/2024

Grateful for some training fuel sent over by the one and only 🤗 while we together complete our 2-day training on CPT for PTSD.

10/01/2024

I'm not great with goodbyes, but I know this is more of an "until next time."
I want to congratulate on completing her post doctoral residency with us at CHI. It's incredible to think that Dr. Brooks was such an integral part of CHI from the start. Her passion for her work, her willingness to learn, her commitment to her clients and her role at CHI made her an incredible fellow throughout her residency. I want to thank Katharine for entrusting me with her training, for her patience as we navigated the difficult times and her big heart in celebrating our achievements together. I know we both grew very much over the past couple of years. I am so proud to see the clinician she has become and I have all my faith in her that she will defeat the EPPP! Can't wait to see what is next for you! Lots of love, Katharine!

06/15/2024

Hi all! We will be launching our first ever quarterly newsletter for Compassionate Healing Institute !! If you would like to receive one please send me your email 😄🎉💫💕

03/11/2024

We are excited to announce two different opportunities: a supervision and consultation group for clinicians working with individuals who have coexisting eating disorders and OCD and a therapy group for individuals living with an eating disorder and OCD. We would love to have you participate in these group. We would also greatly appreciate you sharing these opportunities with colleagues and individuals who may benefit from these groups. Thank you! Please email us for questions or to sign up at info@compassionateinst.com

Meet your facilitators:

Lissette Cortes Psy.D. CEDS

Dr. Cortes is the founder of Compassionate Healing Institute. She is a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Florida and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist. She specializes in the treatment of comorbid OCD and eating disorder conditions. Dr. Cortes is a Cognitive-Behavioral therapist by training and implements Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Dr. Cortes is a Health At Every Size (HAES) aligned clinician and practices from a size-inclusive and diet-rejecting perspective incorporating Intuitive Eating principles. Dr. Cortes incorporates self-compassionate practice into her work as well as ACT principles

Katie Jeffrey, MS, RDN, CSSD, LDN

Katie is a registered dietitian nutritionist who is licensed in CT, FL, NC and RI. As a weight-neutral and Health at Every Size (HAES) dietitian nutritionist, she works with adolescents and adults and specializes in mindful and intuitive eating and eating disorders. Katie understands how debilitating OCD can be and how intense OCD fears can feel, she is passionate about empowering individuals who are struggling with OCD and their relationship with food to face their OCD food fears. She also specializes in performance nutrition and is passionate about working with athletes of all levels and ages. Katie draws from various therapy techniques as they relate to nutrition including ACT, trauma-informed care, ERP, mindfulness and intuitive eating.