What WPP Utah can offer therapists

What we do

Women in Private Practice Utah connects fully and provisionally licensed therapists across the state of Utah.  We provide a list serve where members can share messages looking for referrals, advertising office space, or sharing information about their own practices.  We also offer three virtual CEU presentations per year that are included in the cost of an annual membership. We offer social events in Washington, Utah, Salt Lake and Davis counties and once a year we host a conference which is held in Salt Lake City.  Members can attend in person or virtually.  We bring in a key note speaker who can address issues relevant to running a private practice in Utah, we have speakers on a range of clinical topics, and we wrap up our day with an ethics panel.

Meet Our Leadership Team

Amy Fehlberg, PhD

Coordinator

Amy Fehlberg is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who has been in private practice since 2009. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Michigan and her graduate work at DePaul University in Chicago. Amy has worked in a variety of community mental health and school settings and has directed both a residential and private school during the course of her career.  Currently, Amy runs a small group practice (https://shorelinepsychslc.com). Amy is a long time member of WPP, she values the support of the community and feels incredibly fortunate to work with the exceptional women who comprise the leadership of WPP. When not at work, Amy spends her time with family and friends. She enjoys reading, time with her dogs, cooking, gardening and is always up for an opportunity to be in the water. 

Amy Edwards, CMHC

Treasurer

Amy comes to us from Massachusetts with a brief stop over in Colorado, just long enough to pick up an undergraduate degree and a life partner. She enjoys German Shorthair Pointers, good food, a brisk walking pace, and getting things done.
  Amy’s professional life started in museum administration, but lucky  she is now a licensed clinical mental health counselor with a passion for community mental health. Amy worked for Jewish Family Service for over 10 years providing individual and group therapy, psychoeducational workshops, and providing community outreach, She is now the Associate CMHC Program Director at University of Utah in the Department of Educational Psychology, and has a solo private practice where she provides individual therapy.

Risse Hancock, CMHC

Membership

Risse has been providing therapy to teenagers and their families for 10 years, and started her private practice in July 2021. Prior to that, Risse spent several years as a substance abuse counselor working with individuals struggling with addiction. Through both of these career paths, Risse found a passion for helping people through any challenges they are facing. Risse specializes in trauma recovery, PTSD, addiction recovery and relapse prevention, depression, grief and loss, and anxiety. Risse's focused interventions include CBT, DBT, and EMDR. Risse has the goal of creating a safe space for her clients that allows them to heal, while also holding people accountable for their choices and actions.

Tera Lensegrav Benson, PhD

Member at Large

Dr. Tera Lensegrav-Benson, licensed psychologist, holds a combined doctoral degree from Utah State University in Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychology (2006). Following the completion of her graduate work, Dr. Tera has been engaged in the eating disorder treatment industry at the residential level of care. She also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Utah State University’s Department of Psychology. Dr. Tera is also board certified in Neurofeedback. 

In 2000, Dr. Tera was credentialed through the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) to provide telehealth-based psychological services in 40+ states.  Soon thereafter, she founded her private practice, Mindful Path Psychological Services, and specializes in anxiety, working with women’s health issues including motherhood, perimenopause, chronic health issues, OCD, parenting concerns, and grief/loss. She joined the WPP board in 2024.  When not at work, she loves being with her family, cheering on her travel hockey player, hiking/skiing in the beautiful mountains of northern Utah, gardening, spending time on the water, and being a cat & dog mom.

Dorann Mitchell, LCSW

Member at Large

Dorann has had the opportunity to live and practice both internationally and in multiple states within the U.S. and is currently licensed in the states of Utah and Arizona, specializing in trauma treatment through Psychodynamic, DBT and EMDR therapy. She has had a varied career serving as an Assistant Professor and Director of Professional and Community Education in the College of Social Work at the University of Utah, Director of Primary Children’s Center for Counseling, served on the State of Utah’s Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council and has maintained a private practice for many years. Since 2016 she has been actively involved with the WPP and embraces the concept of, “when one does well, we all do well”, which also describes the supportive philosophy and nature of the WPP. 

Sharon Walls, LMFT

Member at Large

Sharon Walls is a licensed marriage family therapist who has been in private practice since 2004. She completed her masters in counseling graduate work at California State University, Long Beach in 2001. Sharon has worked in a variety of outpatient and inpatient mental health settings including substance treatment, eating disorder residential treatment, high school and hospital communities. Sharon practices both in Wyoming and Utah and currently is an owner at

Mountain Lotus Counseling in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has appreciated being a member of WPP since 2018 and its honored to work with the leadership team. She regards her three adult children as the mentors in her life. She enjoys running, pickleball and new adventures with her rescue dog Maddie.