Laura Nielson Denke M.A. LMFT, LMHC

Laura Nielson Denke, author, ballet dancer, choreographer, featured speaker and Marriage and Family Therapist  has lived a varied life. She has a B.A. degree in Theater Arts and Communications, and a master’s degree, in Marriage and Family Therapy. Mrs. Denke choreographed Summer Stock Theater as well as appeared as the lead in numerous musicals. She founded and directed the Seattle Children’s Ballet Company choreographing annually, “The Nutcracker Suite Ballet,” “Coppelia,” “Peter & the Wolf,” and others. She toured her ballet company in Europe performing in Spain & Portugal.

She founded the company, Victory Studios with her husband, Conrad W. Denke, for whom she wrote and directed “Adventures on Sinclair Island.” a local television show that was later translated and sold internationally. She wrote and directed several video productions, winning national awards for her efforts. She served as the host of the television program, “Teens Talk,” which appeared nationally on cable television for four years.

Currently she holds the position of Executive Vice-president of Victory Studios. She is also a professional therapist with an office in Seattle, Washington. She specializes in pre-marital counseling and marriage counseling and is considered a relationship expert. She is a nationally licensed mental health counselor and licensed in the states of Washington and California as a Marriage and family Therapist.

Laura has a show on You-Tube called “Relationship Talk with Laura” and is the author of three relationship books: Ten Secrets for Achieving a Successful Celestial Marriage, Before the Wedding and Don’t Get Engaged(until you read this book). She is a frequent guest speaker in Los Angeles and Seattle.

Mrs. Denke is known not only for her advice but also as a person who walks the talk. She has been married successfully for 40+ years, has two married children and five grandchildren..