Kelda Nelson(They/She)

Kelda is an experienced Licensed Creative Art Therapist located in NYC who has been practicing Creative Arts Therapy for over 14 years. Kelda has select weekday in person openings at this time.

Kelda's therapeutic approach is highly relational, attentive and analytical. They are creative in that they individualize each session based on your needs and how they shift overtime. This can be through processing with creative modalities in sessions such as clay, paint, fabric, etc.., and or primarily verbal as this is your preference. The Creative Arts are within more then physical creation. It is the metaphors the dreams and the everyday fantasizes that connect us to our deserved potential. it is within the verbal metaphor and connections we create within therapy that Kelda regards integral to your therapeutic journey.

Kelda assists people therapeutically with improving moods relationships and behaviors within both short and long term Psychotherapy via weekly 50 minute sessions. The primary symptoms Kelda treats relate to, ongoing sadness, loneliness, anxiety, obsessions, grief, loss, sexuality and identity confusion/formation. Along with sexual insecurities, demisexuality, relational complexities, avoidance of desires overall. Further specialities are within assisting decreasing creative blocks, gender/body dysphoria and or rejection dysphoria;. Kelda believes the above noted symptomatic experiences most often lead to feelings of isolation, not being understood and needing therapeutic connection.

Please contact them for a 15-20 minute free video consultation to see if you would like to have an intake session with Kelda. The intake session allows you to assess compatibility with Kelda and them with ability to meet your therapeutic needs for ongoing treatment success.