Teri Nielsen, LMHC, LCMHC

Teri Nielsen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 35 years of clinical experience. She combines practical tools with direct conversation to help people untangle problems that feel overwhelming. Her approach is active and straightforward while remaining compassionate and grounded.

She has worked in both in-patient and out-patient settings and has experience with trauma, anxiety, addiction recovery, and relationship struggles. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, blended family issues, grief, sleep and eating concerns, and questions about sexuality and identity. Teri draws on a broad range of approaches including cognitive behavioral ideas and attachment-based work.

Teri describes her style as trauma-aware, evidence-informed, and experiential when needed. She uses mindfulness practices and elements of mindfulness-based stress reduction to help manage anxiety and reduce compulsive or addictive patterns. She encourages clients to notice unhelpful thinking and to practice different responses in everyday life.

Clients who seek her out include people with professional responsibilities, first responders, healthcare workers, therapists, and people new to therapy who want a steady foundation. She values working with people who are willing to be honest and put effort into change. Teri also brings her life experience as a woman, partner, and parent into her work.

She practices from Utah and offers sessions that fit busy schedules. Her goal is to help each person build skills, strengthen relationships, and regain forward movement in life.

Approaches for online work and practical tools

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going. It helps people notice unhelpful thinking, test beliefs, and practice new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and addictive habits. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current connections. It helps people understand patterns in intimacy, abandonment fears, and family dynamics so they can build more secure ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Teri works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, needs, and comfort. She will discuss options, try strategies, and adjust the plan as you learn what works best together.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions or for shorter, focused exchanges that fit a busy day. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit into work, family life, or changing schedules.