About Nelly
Nelly Leenman helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and grief. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, parenting stress, and career transitions. Nelly is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing from New Jersey and brings eight years of clinical experience to her work.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what matters most to the client and on small, achievable steps. Nelly adapts her approach to each person instead of following a rigid method.
Background and approach
Her work draws on several evidence-based approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports values-based choices and handling hard emotions.
She also uses client-centered techniques and motivational interviewing to build collaboration and momentum. Nelly has worked across healthcare settings and with people facing trauma, abuse, addiction, and chronic illness concerns like cancer and end-of-life issues. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment, codependency, and isolation.
Sessions can be tailored for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and she offers support around immigration-related stress. Her style is compassionate and practical. Nelly aims to create a calm space to talk, set concrete goals, and practice new skills between sessions.
She speaks English and Dutch and works with clients who want a steady, respectful therapeutic partnership.
How Nelly Uses Therapy Methods Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most to a person and taking action toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical skills to change behaviors and moods. It is useful for stress, sleep problems, and mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental connection where the therapist follows the client's lead and supports self-directed growth.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try approaches, notice what works, and adjust the plan as needed so therapy fits the individual's needs.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different rhythms of life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit a quick check-in, and text messaging supports short updates or ongoing reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping focus on consistent progress.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English, Dutch