About Nelson Therapy and Consulting
About Dr. Tammy Nelson, PHD, RSW
Dr. Tammy Nelson, PhD, RSW, is a compassionate clinician, educator, and clinical leader with a strong foundation in both Indigenous and Western approaches to healing. A proud member of Peguis First Nation, she holds a Bachelor of Social Work (2010), a Master of Social Work with a focus on Indigenous Knowledges (2019), and a PhD in Social Work from the University of Manitoba. She is also a graduate of the WHEAT Institute, where she completed certification in Indigenous Expressive Arts Therapy.
As the Director and Clinical Lead of Nelson Therapy & Consulting, Dr. Nelson provides clinical leadership and supervision to a multidisciplinary team of 16 therapists. Her leadership is grounded in culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and relational practice, with a strong emphasis on supporting clinicians in providing ethical, meaningful, and community-informed care.
Dr. Nelson’s professional background includes extensive work in child welfare, with specialized experience in youth exploitation investigations. She has contributed to initiatives addressing human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children and youth, and is the author of Mookii Mikinak: Traditional Road to Healing for Indigenous Women Who Experienced Sexual Exploitation.
As an Indigenous woman, Dr. Nelson integrates cultural, land-based, expressive arts, and Western therapeutic approaches into her work. Her practice is guided by relationship, community connection, cultural identity, and a commitment to creating spaces where children, youth, adults, families, and clinicians can experience healing, growth, and empowerment.
About Nelson Therapy and Consulting
Recognizing the needs of children and youth, Nelson Therapy and Consulting is committed to offering a client-led experience that is rooted in shame resilience, spirituality, harm reduction, trauma-informed, strengths-based practice.
Our mission at Nelson Therapy and Consulting is to provide a client-led experience that is rooted in shame resilience, spirituality, harm reduction, trauma-informed, strengths-based practice.
Our vision is that transformation takes place within.