Dr. Nelly Gregorian-DeLeon, LMFT

Dr. Nelly Gregorian-DeLeon is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of experience. She practices in North Carolina and brings a warm, empathic presence to sessions. She speaks English, Armenian, and Persian and has lived and worked in multiple countries.

She sees people facing relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, depression, anxiety, stress, and challenges around self-esteem and life changes. She also helps people dealing with anger, career concerns, compassion fatigue, and issues such as abandonment or family of origin problems. Her work includes support after divorce, caregiving stress, and other difficult life transitions.

Her approach is flexible and person-focused. She draws from client-centered ways of working, cognitive behavioral tools, existential ideas, hypnotherapy, and Jungian concepts to match the needs of each person. In practice this means she listens closely, helps people name what matters, and then tries practical ways to shift thoughts, feelings, or behavior.

Sessions often include talking through recent events, practicing clearer communication, and building concrete coping skills for anxiety, anger, or grief. She also pays attention to personal meaning, life direction, and patterns that repeat across relationships. Her style is nonjudgmental and collaborative, aiming to help people make changes they can carry into daily life.

Dr. Gregorian-DeLeon considers it a privilege to walk alongside people during hard times. If someone wants to begin, they follow the site’s Start Therapy steps to complete the matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment according to therapist availability.

Approaches you can use in online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, respect, and helping people find their own answers. The therapist offers a supportive environment, reflects what she hears, and helps clients clarify personal goals and values.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It breaks problems into manageable steps and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns.

Existential Therapy invites people to talk about meaning, life choices, and what matters to them. It can help when someone feels stuck, empty, or unsure about their path.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate to decide which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That can mean combining practical CBT techniques with deeper exploration of values or personal history.

If you prefer online care, confirm the exact session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let someone work with a therapist who speaks their language even across distance. The therapist and client will discuss what works best for scheduling and the pace of sessions.