Dr. Nona Wilson has been a Core Faculty member with the Counseling@Northwestern program through The Family Institute at Northwestern University since 2018. Dr. Wilson earned her PhD in Counselor Education from Ohio University. She is a licensed for independent practice in Illinois, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Her clinical experiences include working on college campuses, in community mental health, and private practice. She has taught a wide variety of core and elective courses with the CACREP-curriculum and currently serves as a course lead for the program’s psychodynamic course. Her primary research interests are in the areas of mental health and the media, and contemporary psychodynamic practice. Dr. Wilson is passionate about helping new professionals integrate theory and practice while they find and pursue their unique interests within the field.

Dr. Wilson is the co-author of two books and several chapters and journal articles. Her most recent professional presentations focus on counseling skill development and lifespan development.

Wilson, N.L., Mahoney, D., Duroc-Danner, L. (2024). Because I’m happy: Reconsidering “good feelings” within  a psychodynamic lens. ICA, Lisle, IL.

Wilson, N.L., Mahoney, D., Gelling, L., Mehta, A., & Qirjo, K. (2024). Finding common ground: Contemporary psychodynamic and humanistic approaches. AHC, Virtual.

Wilson, N., & Mahoney, D. (2023). Come together: A Complementary use of psychodynamic theories. Grand Rounds, The Family Institute at Northwestern: Evanston, IL.

Wilson, N.L. (2023). More than ABC+D: Teaching the dynamic maturational model of attachment and adaption (DMM). ACES, Denver, CO.

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