Meet Dr. Chet Weld

Sep 7, 2026

Warm and human first; professional always

Meet Dr. Chet Weld, LPC

For more than forty years, Dr. Weld has helped couples and individual adults face difficult seasons with practical insight, compassion, and hope.

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01 · Experience with a human touch

More than 40 years of thoughtful counseling

Dr. Chet Weld has spent more than four decades helping couples and individual adults work through relationship concerns, anxiety, discouragement, anger, grief, life transitions, and questions of meaning.

His manner is warm and conversational while keeping each session connected to the concerns and progress that matter to the client. He listens for both the difficulty and the strengths already present.

  • Licensed Professional Counselor
  • Approved Clinical Supervisor
  • Tucson practice for adults and couples
Verified by Psychology Today — Dr. Chet Weld, LPC, Tucson

02 · Training with practical purpose

An approach tailored to the person or couple

Dr. Weld draws from cognitive-behavioral, family systems, dialectical behavioral, solution-focused, narrative, and other counseling models. Rather than assuming one method fits everyone, he uses the principles relevant to the person, the concern, and the goals.

A central part of his approach is looking for capacity in each person. Counseling does not ignore responsibility or harm, but it resists reducing anyone to their hardest chapter.

  • Conversational but never directionless
  • Change you can notice in daily life
  • Feedback about the process welcomed

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03 · Life beyond the counseling office

On a More Personal Note

My hobbies include reading, especially books on miracles, taking walks, and going to the gym. I’m fascinated by how the natural and supernatural realms ebb and flow in people’s lives. That’s why I wrote God Is in the Crazy which is all about how the natural and supernatural realms intersect in miraculous ways!

My “first love” is songwriting, and you can find seven of my You Tubes. I recommend that you start with “Take Me to Your Planet,” “Do You Love Me?”, and “Tell Me Again.” I’ve moved from my love for classic rock to contemporary Christian songs. That move happened when God lifted me out of the pit of drug and alcohol abuse into a life of purpose. Leading worship more times than I can count has brought me great satisfaction.

I’ve been a night watchman, emergency room orderly, hotel clerk, janitor, warehouse worker, and tennis instructor. I live with my wife and soulmate, Susan, in the foothills of the Tortolita Mountains. I love the Arizona sunsets, but I sometimes miss the green grass of the Midwest where I grew up. I relate to owls on a first-name basis (like “Hoot” and “Scoot”), but I have yet to interpret what lonely coyotes howl at the stars.

  • Songwriter and worship leader
  • Author of God Is in the Crazy
  • At home in the Tortolita foothills

Original music

Songs from Dr. Weld’s first love

Songwriting is Dr. Weld’s “first love.” He recommends starting with these three.

Original song

Take Me to Your Planet

Written and performed by Dr. Chet Weld.

Original song

Do You Love Me?

Written and performed by Dr. Chet Weld.

Original song

Tell Me Again

Written and performed by Dr. Chet Weld.

04 · Author and published contributor

Writing on faith, resilience, and growth

Dr. Weld is the author of God Is in the Crazy, published through Covenant Books, which gathers accounts of miracles alongside personal reflections. His publication history also includes articles in Counseling and Values, The Family Journal, and The Journal of Psychology and Theology.

He co-authored a chapter in Culturally Alert Counseling, edited by Garrett McAuliffe, and his doctoral dissertation examined client expectations of prayer in Christian counseling.

  • Published author and academic contributor
  • Faith integrated when clients desire it
  • Whole-person perspective

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05 · Memberships and education

Professional memberships and education

Memberships

  • American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
  • Society of Christian Psychology, a division of the AACC
  • International Cultic Studies Association

Education

  • Ohio Wesleyan University
  • Union Theological Seminary
  • University of Arizona
  • Grace Bible College, Tucson, Arizona
  • Ohio State University
  • Argosy University

Additional coursework through Columbia University, with credit through Union Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, and other schools.

When you are ready

Reading can name an experience. Counseling can change it.

If something here raises a personal concern, Dr. Weld sees adults and couples in Tucson, Arizona. Reach out to ask about fit and availability.