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- Attachment work
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practice
About Teri
Teri Nielsen, LMHC, LCMHC, is licensed in Washington and Utah with 35 years of clinical experience. She works with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, anxiety, addiction recovery, grief, parenting issues, and a broad range of emotional and behavioral struggles. Her stated approach combines attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive-behavioral tools, and emotionally-focused methods.
Teri has worked in both in-patient and out-patient settings and has experience with adults, adolescents, children, and families. She previously practiced in Seattle for nearly three decades before relocating to southern Utah in 2016. Her background includes teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and sustained personal practice in Vipassana meditation.
Her style is described as active and direct. She uses trauma-informed and evidence-based strategies and integrates experiential and Jungian ideas with rational emotive and mindfulness-based cognitive practices. She emphasizes working with thoughts and behavior patterns that affect daily functioning.
Teri has worked with people from many walks of life, including corporate professionals, first responders, healthcare workers, and other therapists, as well as people new to counseling. She notes attention to blended family issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, infidelity, sexual assault and abuse, and multicultural topics among her focus areas.
She asks clients to come ready to engage and commit to the work. Practical tools, mindfulness practices, and direct conversation are listed as part of how she helps people address what is keeping them from moving forward.
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How Teri’s approaches translate to online work
Teri uses attachment-based ideas and emotionally-focused methods to address relationship and intimacy concerns. Attachment-based work looks at patterns people develop in close relationships. Emotionally-focused methods help identify and shift interactional cycles that keep partners or family members stuck.She also uses cognitive-behavioral therapy, which focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT offers concrete skills for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping with life changes. These methods are practical and often pair well with mindfulness practices she teaches.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will help determine which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions may combine approaches and adjust over time based on what is working.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are used. Confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt attachment, EFT, and CBT exercises to a remote setting so work continues even when in-person meetings are not possible.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
35+ years
Listed in
Washington, Utah
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
Teri works with relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, anxiety, addiction recovery, grief, parenting, and related concerns such as attachment, infidelity, and sexual assault.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is described as active and direct. She combines client-centered listening with trauma-informed, experiential, and cognitive-behavioral methods.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 35 years of professional experience in both in-patient and out-patient settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices in Utah; her licenses include WA LMHC and UT LCMHC.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988.