Neelke Elstins
Quals
Dr Neelke Elstins is a Consultant Psychiatrist based in Nelson. She has extensive experience in adult psychiatry, having worked in public mental health services in both the Netherlands and New Zealand.
Dr Elstins completed her specialist psychiatric training in the Netherlands and obtained her certification as a psychiatrist in 2018.
She has a particular interest in complex presentations, including trauma-related difficulties, personality disorders, cross-cultural mental health, treatment-resistant conditions, and the mental health needs of young adults.
Dr Elstins brings a psychodynamically informed and holistic approach to her work, with a strong emphasis on understanding each person's unique story, their strengths, and their capacity for growth and healing. She aims to create a safe, compassionate, and collaborative therapeutic space, aiding people in slowly exploring themselves and their experiences.
She also enjoys working with Guided Affective Imagery, a gentle therapeutic approach that uses imagery and symbolic experiences to explore feelings, memories, and aspects of inner experience that may be difficult to put into words.
Consultation:
Face-to-Face
Telehealth
Contracts:
Sensitive Claims Service (SCS)
Populations Served:
Adults
Older Adults
Modalities:
Brief Intervention Therapy
Eating Disorders
EFT
Grief
LGBTQ+
Mindfulness
Narrative
Neurodiversity
Psychodynamics
Relationship
Somatic
Systemic
