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Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Assistant Director of Clinical Services & PK-12 Outreach at The PRACTICE
Expertise: Mental health counseling, Tele-health counseling, Counselor education

Biography

John Nixon is assistant director for clinical services and PK-12 Outreach at The PRACTICE, UNLV’s community mental health clinic.

The PRACTICE provides mental health counseling, clinical psychology, and school psychology to the Las Vegas community and tele-counseling services to areas of rural Nevada. 

Nixon is also an assistant professor-in-residence in UNLV's department of counselor education, school psychology, and human services. His work focuses primarily on mental health counseling and training graduate students in counselor education.

Education

  • Ed.D., Counselor Education, University of Northern Colorado
  • M.Div., Theology, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
  • B.A., Religion, Trinity University

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John Nixon In The News

Virtual visits: Spurred on by the pandemic, telemedicine has gone mainstream
Las Vegas Sun
As cities across the country began shutting down when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, people still needed to receive advice and treatment from doctors for symptoms non-COVID-related. Physicians had to figure out another way to reach patients.
MOURNING CHANGE: IF YOU’RE FEELING DOWN ABOUT THE LOSS OF A LIFESTYLE, YOU’RE NOT ALONE
Las Vegas Weekly
Two weeks in, I suddenly felt like my life was over. Maybe not over, but definitely ruined. I hadn’t lost my job. No one close to me was sick. And although my future was and remains uncertain, there is no immediate, visible jeopardy.
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