Dr. Nelly Gregorian-DeLeon , LMFT

Dr. Nelly Gregorian-DeLeon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with professional licenses in California (97450), North Carolina (2548), and Connecticut (003114). With 15 years of clinical experience, she offers supportive care for individuals, couples, and families facing a range of emotional and relational challenges.

She works with people dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting struggles, relationship conflict, and life transitions. Her practice includes focused work on domestic violence and sexual abuse cases - she has CASOMB certification and substantial experience with victims, survivors, and offenders - as well as childhood trauma, high-conflict relationships, and complex family-of-origin issues. Dr. Gregorian-DeLeon also supports clients coping with career concerns, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and other sources of emotional strain.

Known for an empathic, warm, and non-judgmental manner, she honors each person’s unique story and cultural background. Fluent in English, Armenian, and Persian, she has lived and worked in multiple countries and brings multicultural sensitivity to her work. Clinically she draws on a range of approaches to tailor care to the client’s needs, combining client-centered, cognitive behavioral, existential, hypnotherapy, and Jungian influences as appropriate. She offers psychotherapy, coaching, skill-building in communication and conflict resolution, and trauma-focused interventions to support growth and healing.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Nelly Gregorian-DeLeon uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive, compassionate space where the client’s perspective guides the work. This approach helps people build self-understanding, strengthen personal agency, and address issues like low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, and life transitions.

She also integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is practical and skills-focused, and it can be especially useful for treating anxiety, depression, stress, and problems with coping and mood.

Existential therapy is another influence in her work, inviting clients to explore meaning, choice, and values when facing grief, major life changes, or feelings of emptiness. Finding purpose and making authentic decisions are central themes in this approach.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Dr. Gregorian-DeLeon works with each client to understand their goals, preferences, and needs, and she adapts techniques from different therapies to find the best fit.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - which makes it easier to fit care into busy schedules, maintain continuity during transitions, and connect across distances with licensed professionals and therapists who can support ongoing work.