Leticia Nieto Psy.D., LMFT

Dr. Nieto is an individual, couple, and family counselor. She has a master’s in human development (1981) and an earned a doctorate in psychology (1986). Dr. Nieto has been teaching since 1981 and joined the MAC program in 1989. She is a nationally approved supervisor through AAMFT. She earned her Trainer, Educator and Practitioner of Psychodrama credential in 2018.

Dr. Nieto's areas of focus are: anti-oppression, expressive art therapies, Playback Theatre, and Appreciative Inquiry. Her book Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment: A Developmental Strategy to Liberate Everyone (2010), is an accessible analysis of the psychological dynamics of oppression and privilege that offers readers ways to develop skills to promote social justice.

Nieto was named Outstanding Faculty of the Year in 2005. She is also a member of the faculty of the European School of Classical Psychodrama in Mexico, and loves to sing.

In addition to her degrees in clinical psychology and human development, she is skilled in Action Methods, including Playback Theater and Theater of the Oppressed. She is a Professor in the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology program at Saint Martin's University.