Therapist profile
Simone Smith, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Family
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- ACT methods
- CBT strategies
- Gottman-informed techniques
About Simone
Simone Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with relationship strain, family and parenting pressures, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and life changes including career transitions and postpartum depression.
Simone takes a straightforward, person-focused approach. She listens to what matters most and then uses practical techniques to address it. Sessions typically involve talking through specific problems, learning new skills, and practicing small changes that reduce daily stress and improve communication.
Her work draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and acceptance and commitment strategies to clarify values and build steady coping. She also uses client-centered listening and elements of emotionally-focused and Gottman-informed approaches when relationship patterns are part of the concern. These methods aim to help with mood, worry, parenting challenges, and difficult transitions.
Clients often bring issues related to prejudice, self-esteem, young adult concerns, and trauma or abuse. Simone describes helping people navigate the emotional effects of racial trauma and supports those facing discrimination and women’s issues without using stigmatizing labels.
She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and practice actions that align with those values. It can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and reducing avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises, which often helps with depression, worry, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes attentive listening and reflecting what a person says so they can find their own solutions and feel understood.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person's situation and adjust as needed over time.
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find that doing therapy from their usual surroundings helps apply new skills directly to daily life. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and client-centered techniques to an online setting so therapy remains practical and focused.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with relationship strain, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and life changes including career issues and postpartum depression.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is person-focused and practical. Sessions mix listening with skill-building and short exercises to address everyday problems.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working in school counseling and private practice settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - based in New Jersey.
Does she see people who live outside the US?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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