At Cottonwood Tucson we are grateful to have been able to gather, from across the country and around the world, a group of uniquely talented individuals who have hundreds of years of combined experience in the treatment of behavioral health disorders. Please take some time to meet these highly trained and seasoned clinicians, many of whom are leaders in their fields. A number of our medical and program staff currently hold faculty positions at area colleges and universities, including the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
Even as important as our professional qualifications, many of our addiction treatment professionals and clinical staff have felt the same pains and problems you or your loved one may now be experiencing. Some of us have suffered from depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, co-dependency, trauma, and other issues. For each of us, our greatest growth has come through facing our pain and learning the skills necessary to successfully overcome it. Through confronting and understanding the problems in our lives through addiction services or co-occurring disorders treatment, we have become happy, confident people. Our personal successes in recovery are a direct result of the ongoing effort each of us has put into developing the attitudes, beliefs and values that bring wholeness to our lives. Our hard work in the recovery process has been rewarded with contentment, balance and joy, and we are eager to share the benefits of our hard-won insight with you. Those of us who work at Cottonwood believe that nowhere in the world is there a better place to make the discovery of a happier, more productive you.
![Melissa Hetzel, LCSW](https://cottonwooddetucson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Melissa_Hetzel.jpg" "Melissa Hetzel, LCSW")
Member of the Cottonwood Team since 2015
Randall is an Arizona native but spent most of his life residing in New Mexico. He comes from an agricultural heritage and grew up with his family operating cattle ranches around Silver City, New Mexico. He attended college at Central Arizona College in 1986 on a full ride intercollegiate rodeo scholarship and qualified for the National College Rodeo finals twice in Bozeman, Montana, while earning his associate's degree in Agricultural Science in 1988. Randall continued his rodeo career and competed regionally for two decades in Arizona and New Mexico. In addition to agriculture, Randall also worked extensively for 15 years as an electrical lineman responsible for maintaining electrical transmission lines throughout the state of New Mexico. Randall began employment with Cottonwood Tucson in 2015 as a patient care facilitator while pursuing an undergrad in Social Work and ultimately obtained a Masters' Degree in Addiction Counseling from Grand Canyon University. He has been serving in the role of primary counselor for the last four years but has working in many capacities over the last eight years, including patient advocate and alumni coordinator. His current interests outside work are archery, fishing, and just spending time outdoors. Randall is also very active in the local recovery community and is passionate about helping individuals struggling with addiction.
![Shraddha Oropeza- Yoga Therapist, Specialty Counselor](https://cottonwooddetucson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/HO-scaled.jpg" "Shraddha Oropeza")
