About Teri
Teri Nielsen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who brings 35 years of practice to her work with adults and adolescents. She blends long experience in both in-patient and out-patient settings with a straightforward, active style. Clients can expect direct feedback and practical steps to help them move forward.
Her approach draws on attachment-focused and emotionally-focused ideas to repair relationship patterns. She also uses client-centered listening and cognitive tools to address thoughts that keep people stuck.
Background and approach
Teri mixes these methods to fit each person rather than following a single script. Many people who seek her out include professionals, first responders, and those returning to therapy after previous work. She also works with people who are new to therapy and want a solid place to begin.
Areas she commonly addresses include trauma and abuse, anxiety, addiction recovery, parenting concerns, grief, and intimacy-related problems. Teri lived and practiced for many years in Seattle before relocating to southern Utah in 2016. That move informs a calming, grounded presence she brings to sessions.
Her personal practice of Vipassana meditation and ongoing study shape how she helps people learn self-regulation and awareness. She asks for honesty and commitment from clients and offers clear guidance in return. Sessions focus on real-life skills, clearer thinking, and steps to rebuild relationships or regain emotional balance.
If someone wants an experienced, practical therapist, she offers a steady, engaged approach.
Approaches that translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current bonds. Online sessions use conversation and exercises to identify these patterns and practice new ways of connecting in everyday life. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and acceptance, giving clients space to tell their story while the therapist reflects and clarifies to help people find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical tools like thought records and behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they can try different techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most in real life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video works well for deeper conversations and exercises, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text can support short check-ins or ongoing coaching, and messaging helps people reflect between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping a steady course of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Utah
- Languages
- English