Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
How Teri works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC, LCMHC
- Licensed in
- Washington, Utah
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Teri
Teri Nielsen is a licensed mental health counselor with 35 years of clinical experience. She practices from Utah and brings decades of work in both in-patient and out-patient settings. Teri helps people facing relationship struggles, trauma, anxiety, addiction, parenting stress, and anger.
She aims to make therapy clear and direct so people can move forward in their lives. Previously based in Seattle for many years, she moved to southern Utah for the landscape and a quieter pace.
Background and approach
That background shaped a practical, grounded style. She describes her approach as active and direct, drawing on a range of methods to fit each person's situation. Teri often works with clients who have prior therapy experience as well as those new to counseling.
Many are professionals, first responders, or people juggling family stress and life transitions. She helps people untangle issues like blended family dynamics, attachment wounds, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Her clinical tools include attachment-based ideas, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused strategies, and existential themes.
She has taught mindfulness-based stress reduction and uses mindfulness practices to address anxiety and addictive patterns. Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer thinking, and building resilience. Beyond techniques, she brings personal life experience as a woman, mother, and family member.
Teri asks for honesty and commitment from those who come to therapy. She offers a collaborative space for people ready to do the work and make meaningful change.
What Teri works with
Everything Teri lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Teri's practice.
- 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 lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape today's relationships and emotional responses. In online sessions this approach helps people understand patterns with partners, parents, and close others so they can change how they relate. Client-centered therapy focuses on the individual's experience and priorities. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers empathy, and helps people name what matters most so they can make clearer choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises and steps. CBT is useful for anxiety, anger, depression, and routines that get in the way of daily functioning.Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a client's goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That may mean trying different techniques and adjusting over time so the work fits the person's life and needs.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and do deeper work. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, and quick reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing family, work, and other demands.
Questions people ask about Teri
What issues does she help with?
She works with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anxiety, grief, anger, addictions, self-esteem, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is active and direct. She combines practical techniques with mindfulness and attention to attachment and emotions.
What is her background and experience?
She has 35 years of in-patient and out-patient clinical experience and has also taught mindfulness-based stress reduction courses.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, listed as LMHC and LCMHC, practicing in Utah with licensure details on file as WA LMHC and UT LCMHC.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not taking international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.