About Nelly
Nelly Leenman is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey who helps people manage anxiety, stress, addiction concerns, and grief. She brings eight years of clinical experience and aims to make the first steps feel less overwhelming. Her manner is warm and direct so people can feel heard quickly.
Nelly adapts her approach to each person rather than using one fixed method. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused ideas, motivational interviewing, and client-centered techniques to match what a person needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer thinking, and building motivation for change. In a typical session she listens for what matters most, then tests small changes that can reduce distress. She assists with sleep problems, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, and work or career stress.
She also supports people coping with trauma, substance concerns, domestic violence effects, and major life transitions. Her practice includes attention to attachment and issues such as abandonment, codependency, communication problems, and isolation. She has experience with end-of-life and hospice concerns and with clients facing cancer, immigration challenges, or hearing impairment.
Sessions are offered in English and Dutch to accommodate those language needs. Nelly frames therapy as a partnership. She works to tailor goals and tools to each person’s life and pace.
People can expect a respectful, sensitive space aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Approaches for online anxiety and life change work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasizes choosing actions that align with personal values even when anxiety or doubt is present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to reduce worry, improve sleep, and change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current ways of connecting and can help with intimacy, communication issues, and fear of abandonment.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify goals, try approaches, and adjust techniques based on what helps most. That shared decision making helps tailor sessions to a client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone can fit a quick check-in or low-bandwidth moments, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, and daily life while maintaining steady progress.
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What this therapist 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
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