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Nielsen III, Arthur C.

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Arthur C. Nielsen, III, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and couple therapist, practicing in Chicago, Illinois. He is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and serves on the faculties of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and The Family Institute at Northwestern University. He is best known for his work in marriage education and integrative couple therapy.

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Arthur C. Nielsen, III, MD, was born and raised in Winnetka, Illinois, where he was captain of the New Trier High School state championship tennis team. Dr. Nielsen earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Harvard College, the Department of Social Studies. His summa cum laude honors thesis is entitled “The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s.” He received his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1972 and completed his internship at the Los Angeles...

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  • Graller, J., Nielsen, A. C., Garber, B., Davison, L. G., Gable, L., & Seidenberg, H. (2001). Concurrent therapies: A model for collaboration between psychoanalysts and other therapists. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 49, 587–606.

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

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

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  • Nielsen, A. C. (2017b). 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.

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  • Nielsen, A. C., Pinsof, W., Rampage, C., Solomon, A., & Goldstein, S. (2004). “Marriage 101”: An integrated academic and experiential undergraduate marriage education. Family Relations, 53, 485–494.

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  1. Pinsof Family Systems, LLC, Chicago, IL, USA

    William M. Pinsof

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

    Kelley Quirk

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Adam Fisher Ph.D.

  3. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA

    Adam Fisher Ph.D.

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Pinsof, W.M. (2019). Nielsen III, Arthur C.. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_1115-1

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