Dr. Prieto-Welch (she/her/hers) is a licensed clinical psychologist who has served in a variety of different roles in university counseling centers over the last 32 years. To understand people and their experiences as fully as possible, Dr. Prieto-Welch values approaching life and others with humility, curiosity, and compassion, and mindfully tries to engage in lifelong learning. Developing collaborative relationships and fostering communication and conversation is key to her work. In the context of a safe, respectful therapy relationship, she works with students from a strengths-based perspective, encouraging growth, change and development, and healing. Areas of particular interest and experience clinically include identity development (defined broadly, to include all possible dimensions of identity); grief; trauma; multiculturalism and diversity; anxiety; depression; relationship issues; and working with International students.
Dr. Prieto-Welch also offers services in Spanish, her native language. Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, her life experience includes being a member of an intercultural family. After graduating Bachillerato (high school) in Bogotá, she left home for the United States in order to pursue college (Kalamazoo College), graduate school (University of Notre Dame du Lac), and internship (Duke University). She then began her career in higher education in the U.S. Dr. Prieto-Welch served in various roles throughout her tenure in college student mental health, including working as Staff Therapist, Assistant Director for Career Services, Assistant Director for Outreach and Consultation, Assistant Director for Clinical Services, Interim Director of Training, and most recently as Director at Counseling and Psychological Services at Purdue, from which she retired in 2021. She is delighted to return to clinical practice serving the College of Veterinary Medicine and PVM students. Her office is located in LYNN 1133B (PVM Library Offices Suite).