Teri Nielsen - MA, LMHC

A Licensed Psychotherapist and Board Certified Counselor in the state of Washington.  Teri received her Masters Degree from Antioch/New England Graduate School of Psychology, with postgraduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy.  She has 29 years of clinical experience including in-patient and out-patient psychiatric work with adults, adolescents, and children.

Teri is a seasoned, highly intuitive therapist with a broad clinical background and education.  She is a clinical member of the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study and C. G. Jung Association in Seattle. She is able to bridge psychological counseling with holistic wellness approaches, which make her counseling services unique.

On a personal note …
Teri has a great love for the mountains, the desert, and especially southern Utah.  In 1993, she began practicing Vipassana, a form of sitting/walking meditation, and maintains this practice as the foundation of her life's work.



CREDENTIALS

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

	One year post-graduate training Marriage and Family Therapy, Seattle, Washington, 1992-1993.
	Advanced Psychodrama Training at West Oaks Psychiatric Institute, Houston, Texas, 1987-1988.
	Graduate of the Authentic Movement Institute, Shutesbury, Mass., 1987.
	Body/Movement Analyst; Dance/Movement/Expressive Arts Therapist.
	Nationally Certified Bodyworker, 03947600; Washington state LMP.
	Certification in Clinical Hypnotherapy and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming); Institute of Therapeutic Learning; Seattle, Washington.
	Coaching for the Clinician, MentorCoach, Ben Dean, June, 2003.
	PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Jungian Psychotherapists Association www.jungseattle.org/jpa Pacific NW Psychoanalytic Society A Local Chapter of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association Dance/Movement Therapy Association Teri formed a study group in 1989 that eventually became the NW Chapter of the National Association of Dance-Movement Therapists.