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Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology ("MAC")
Contact Information Office: (360) 754-6053 Professional Resumé Academic
Training: Professional Credentials: Dr. Nieto has 20 years of experience in teaching, psychotherapy, performance, training, and consultation. She specializes in expressive arts therapy (with a focus on therapeutic enactment), motivation/creativity, diversity issues, and anti-oppression. She has taught in the Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology program at Saint Martin's University for 10 years, and she served as Acting Director in 1995. She has also taught at various other universities including: Union Graduate School, Pacific Oaks College, The Evergreen State College, Azusa Pacific University, Marymount College, Citrus and Pasadena Community Colleges. Dr. Nieto has worked as a counselor in college and agency settings including Angelus Counseling Center and Grandview Foundation. Dr. Nieto has been an active poet, visual artist, dramatist and performer since 1978. Dr. Nieto actualizes her vision of empowerment through theatre as director and founder of True Story Theatre/Teatro de la Vida Real, a Latina improvisational company which works bilingually and biculturally using improvisational portrayals of audience members' personal stories. She has most recently founded the Coalition in Conflict Theatre Collective. This group's diverse membership uses creative methods and performative structures to teach anti-oppression and conflict resolution options, to engender coalition, and to build allyship skills. Dr. Nieto uses expressive and action techniques (including Playback Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed) in her teaching and consulting. Back to Contacting Us |
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