Arthur Nielsen, MD SC

Art Nielsen, PhD is a board certified psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and couple therapist. He is the author of two textbooks: A Roadmap for Couple Therapy: Integrating Systemic, Psychodynamic, and Behavioral Approaches (2016), and Integrative Couple Therapy in Action: A Practical Guide for Handling Common Couple Problems and Crises (2022)

AREAS OF INTEREST & APPROACHES TO PRACTICE 

Couple therapy, especially the integration and sequencing of diverse approaches.

Psychodynamic individual therapy.

Marriage Education. 

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Psychiatric Association; Fellow 1987, Distinguished Fellow 2003

  • American Psychoanalytic Association      

  • American Family Therapy Academy

  • China American Psychoanalytic Alliance, 2017—present

  • Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration

EDUCATION

  • B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Harvard College, Department of Social Studies

  • M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • Rotating Intern - University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Medical Center

  • Psychiatric Resident - Yale University School of Medicine

  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Yale University, Student Health Clinic, Division of Mental Hygiene

  • Extern - Family Therapy Training Program, Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic

  • Institute for Psychoanalysis (Chicago); Diploma

AWARDS & HONORS

  • Journal of Marital and Family Therapy: Outstanding Reviewer Award for 2016

SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2024). Integrative psychodynamic couple therapy in the presence of enduring personality dysfunctions, in D. K. Snyder & J.L. Lebow (Eds.) What happens in couple therapy: A casebook on effective practice. (pp. 43–61). New York: The Guilford Press.

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2023). Asking for things and listening to criticism: Two fundamental challenges in intimate relationships and targets for couple therapy. Psychoanalysis, Self, and Context. Special Issue on Couple Therapy, 18, 262-280.

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2022). Integrative couple therapy in action: A practical guide for handling common relationship problems and crises. New York: Routledge.

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2020). Couple Therapy Integrated: A Commentary on Couple Impasses—Three Therapeutic Approaches. Clinical Social Work Journal, 48, 313-318.

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2019). Projective identification in couples. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 67, 593-624.

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2019). Couples in the digital age: An integrative systemic-psychodynamic-behavioral model of couple therapy. In P. Pitta & C. Datchi (Eds.) Integrative couple and family therapies: Treatment models for complex clinical issues (pp. 111-133). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2017). Psychodynamic couple therapy: A practical synthesis. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 43, 685-699.

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2017). From Couple Therapy 1.0 to a comprehensive model: A roadmap for sequencing and integrating systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioral approaches. Family Process, 56, 540-557.

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2017). From Couple Therapy 1.0 to an integrated model: My personal journey. The Integrative Therapist, 3, 14-15.

  • Nielsen, A. C. (2016). A roadmap for couple therapy: Integrating systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioral approaches. New York: Routledge.

EMAIL: arthur@arthurnielsenmd.com

PHONE: (312) 504-2337