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
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.
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.

