Teri Nielsen, LMHC, LCMHC
Washington · 35 years in practice
Teri Nielsen is a licensed mental health counselor with 35 years of experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
License and registration
- LMHC, Washington
- LH00006803 · expires December 2026
- LCMHC, Utah
- 7825680-6004 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1881667186 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Teri
Teri Nielsen is a licensed mental health counselor with 35 years of experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She draws on a lifetime of clinical work and personal practice to guide adults through relationship strain, trauma, addiction recovery, anxiety, and life transitions. Teri practices from Utah and brings a practical, direct style to sessions.
She designs sessions to be active and goal-focused while staying attuned to each person’s pace.
Background and approach
Her approach combines Jungian perspectives with client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral tools. She also uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships. Teri has long used mindfulness and meditation in her work, including elements of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
She finds these practices useful for anxiety, compulsive behaviors, and building emotional steadiness. Past work with first responders, healthcare workers, and corporate professionals informs her ability to support people with demanding lives. She often helps with family and parenting concerns, blended family dynamics, issues around abandonment or attachment, and the fallout from sexual assault or other abuse.
Therapy can also focus on career worries, life purpose, grief, and midlife changes. Teri is comfortable addressing both practical coping skills and deeper emotional material. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
She holds the LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices from Utah. Starting involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the site.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Teri lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Somatization
Approaches Teri names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Jungian work pays attention to symbols, dreams, and life themes and can help people explore deeper meaning and personal growth. In online sessions this approach may include reflecting on stories, dreams, or creative images that come up in conversation and linking them to current struggles.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect present trust and intimacy. Online conversations can uncover these patterns and practice new ways of relating through role-play, guided reflection, and tracking interactions between sessions.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy to help people feel heard and make their own changes. Over video or phone calls this can create a steady, compassionate space for the person to talk through difficult feelings and decisions.
Finding the right approach is usually a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Then they adapt methods as trust builds and needs shift, mixing depth work, skills practice, and mindfulness as appropriate.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist observe tone and facial cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work consistently.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
Teri works with a wide range of concerns including relationship issues, trauma and abuse, addiction recovery, anxiety, depression, parenting and family problems, grief, and questions of life purpose.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is active and direct while remaining attentive to each person’s needs. Sessions mix deep exploration with practical techniques like cognitive-behavioral strategies and mindfulness exercises.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has 35 years of clinical experience in inpatient and outpatient settings and has worked with professionals, first responders, and people new to therapy.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices from Utah.
Are sessions offered in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Teri provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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