Dr. Nelly Gregorian-DeLeon, LMFT

California · 15 years in practice

Dr. Nelly Gregorian-DeLeon draws on 15 years as a licensed marriage and family therapist to guide people through hard times.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 97450 · expires November 2026
LMFT, Connecticut: 3114 · expires November 2026
LMFT, North Carolina: 2548 · expires July 2026
NPI: 1841739604 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English, Armenian, Persian

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Nelly

Dr. Nelly Gregorian-DeLeon draws on 15 years as a licensed marriage and family therapist to guide people through hard times. She holds an LMFT and practices with experience across several states, now listing North Carolina as a base.

She speaks English, Armenian, and Persian and brings a warm, empathic presence to sessions. Her style is calm and nonjudgmental. She listens to each person's story and responds with practical steps.

Sessions often focus on understanding what matters most, improving communication, and building coping skills for anxiety, depression, grief, or stress.

Background and approach

Dr. Gregorian-DeLeon uses a mix of approaches chosen to fit the issue at hand. She may draw on client-centered methods to build a trusting space, cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful patterns, or Jungian and narrative elements to look at meaning and personal stories.

Hypnotherapy is also part of her toolkit when it suits a client's goals. She has considerable experience with trauma, domestic violence, and sexual abuse, and has worked with survivors and offenders in those areas. Her work also includes parenting challenges, divorce and separation, family conflict, and caregiver stress.

She helps people dealing with career strain, low self-esteem, and the emptiness that can follow major life changes. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. International clients may be accepted.

People who want a collaborative, culturally aware therapist often start here to sort through immediate problems and plan small, manageable steps forward.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Nelly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Parenting issues
Depression
Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Multicultural concerns
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Nelly names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches for online care and meaning

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a respectful, accepting connection and helps people feel heard as they work through emotional challenges. It is useful for building trust, improving self-esteem, and addressing relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. It is often used for coping strategies, mood shifts, and changing unhelpful patterns.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on how the work is going.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit around work breaks or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, between-session support, or when typing feels easier. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and keep therapeutic momentum across busy lives.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?

She works with a broad range of concerns including relationship troubles, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, stress, anger, self-esteem, career issues, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

The approach is warm, empathic, and nonjudgmental. She listens closely and uses practical steps to improve communication, build coping skills, and address emotional pain.

What experience does she bring to sessions?

She has about 15 years of clinical experience and significant work with trauma, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and high-conflict relationship problems.

Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?

She lists North Carolina as a practice location and holds the LMFT credential. She has practiced across multiple states during her career.

Which languages are supported during sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, Armenian, and Persian. International clients may also be accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What do I do to begin working with her?

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