Tailored therapy to help you overcome life's obstacles
Behavioral health and violence prevention
Dr. Rachel K. Nielsen
At Nielsen Psychological Services, we believe that everyone faces significant struggles in life. Feelings aren’t problems—they’re powerful gauges that can guide us. However, we sometimes need help interpreting them and finding meaningful ways to improve our lives. An outside perspective can provide the clarity and support necessary to make lasting changes.
About Dr. Nielsen
Dr. Rachel Nielsen has dedicated her 25-year career in mental and behavioral health to preventing violence, supporting recovery, and providing compassionate care to individuals and communities. Her expertise spans a wide range of issues, including:
- Sexual offenses and intimate partner violence
- Suicide and homicide intervention
- Natural disasters and mass casualties
- Child abuse prevention and investigations
- Multi-generational trauma and victim services
- Psychological support for first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Nielsen is passionate about addressing areas often overlooked by the psychological community, such as targeted violence prevention on both local and global scales. She believes in approaches that respect individuality, avoid stereotypes, and create opportunities for healing and growth—even in the face of profound challenges.
Her work is rooted in behaviorism, trauma recovery, violence prevention, and family dynamics. Dr. Nielsen also has a special interest in supporting young people and fostering grassroots efforts to build safer communities where everyone can thrive.
At the heart of her practice, Dr. Nielsen helps clients overcome self-blame and uncover solutions to their deepest struggles. She believes that with the right environment and perspective, we can become the best versions of ourselves.
Dr. Nielsen is also committed to mentoring the next generation of providers, sharing her wisdom to ensure that those in need continue to receive exceptional psychological care.
To learn more about Dr. Nielsen’s work, visit her LinkedIn profile at Dr. Rachel Nielsen | LinkedIn.
Culturally Competent
Every person is unique and should not be judged based on any demographic or status, as no label or perception fully defines us. We seek to understand each person as they are, and cultural competency is a core value at Nielsen Psych. All clients deserve to be respected, and humanity and compassion are part of what makes our services stand out.
LGBTQIA+ friendly
Please find this to be a safe, respectful place that wants to support you. Nielsen Psych celebrates how unique and special every person is, and how that only betters our world. Give us a chance to serve you by giving us a call and getting started.
Trauma-Informed
We use a compassionate, trauma-informed lens in everything we do here at Nielsen Psych. We act in ways that we are not proud of when we are stressed, hurt, traumatized, lose someone we love, or go through other tremendous struggles.
Let us help normalize the process and help manage the immediate physical effects that happen, as well as longer-term emotional and cognitive changes that occur when something big happens in our lives.
Contact Us
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8345 West 16th Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado 80214, United States
Work cell: 720-410-1653 Work email: rachel@nielsenpsychservices.com
