CredentialsAMFT
LocationMurray Office
AvailabilityAccepting
Focus Areas11 specialties

About Nikki

Nikki Christensen is a Marriage and Family Associate Therapist at Connections Counseling Services. She holds a holistic systemic viewpoint, rooted in the belief that an intervention at any level can create a positive ripple effect — whether for a child, an individual, or throughout an entire family system. Nikki also speaks Spanish.

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With warmth and clarity, Nikki helps individuals and couples navigate the intricate dance of relationships and clear any hurdles standing in the way of growth. Whether navigating singlehood to marriage, new parenting, or an empty nest, she helps clients reunite with themselves and each other in healthier, more meaningful ways.

In her work with children, Nikki helps them navigate 'big feelings' by building an inner toolbox of emotional resilience and social confidence. She also guides co-parents in cultivating a stable, mature, and civil partnership — helping parents build a clear, child-centered path forward where the whole family can find their footing.

Outside of work, Nikki is a mother of three young adults and spent many years homeschooling — an experience that deepened her passion for watching others learn and grow. You can usually find her outdoors hiking, spending time with family, friends, and her animals, traveling, reading, or deep in a thoughtful conversation.

What Nikki helps with

  • Co-parenting: moving from conflict to child-centered, functional partnerships
  • Blending families: merging two histories and aligning household cultures
  • Child development: emotional regulation and social skills for elementary-age children
  • Life transitions: newlyweds, new parents, and the empty-nest stage
  • Personal transformation: identity exploration and intentional change
  • Victim advocacy
  • Emotional and behavioral regulation
  • Social skills
  • Job coaching
How Nikki works

Approaches Nikki draws from, tailored to each client.

Gottman MethodEmotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) — externship completedBrainspottingSolution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)Structural & Strategic Family TherapyCognitive Behavioral Family Therapy (CBFT)Bowen & Psychodynamic theoriesPlay TherapyDiscernment CounselingConscious Uncoupling
Education & training

Nikki is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with a Master's degree from Touro University Worldwide, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Marriage, Family, and Human Development from Brigham Young University.

Her clinical foundation is enriched by an EFT externship and continuing education in divorce, loyalty conflicts and estrangement, intimate exposures, conscious uncoupling, and couples therapy. She is currently pursuing advanced Gottman Method training.

Location

  • Murray Office5295 S Commerce Dr, Ste 575, Murray, UT

Also offers telehealth across Utah.

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