About Simone
Simone Smith is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey who helps people facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting stress, career changes, and substance concerns. She also supports those dealing with trauma, postpartum depression, prejudice and discrimination, and issues common to young adults and women. Simone offers a calm, respectful presence and meets people where they are.
Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions focus on practical steps and on understanding patterns that keep problems stuck.
Background and approach
Simone blends common-sense talk with exercises that build new skills for coping and decision making. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and take meaningful action. Emotionally-Focused Therapy and elements of the Gottman Method guide her work on relationship concerns and communication.
Client-centered principles shape how she listens and responds. Simone draws on six years of counseling experience in school and independent practice settings. That background gives her a range of ways to help people of different ages and life stages move forward.
She pays attention to how culture and discrimination affect mental health. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Simone aims to create plans that fit day-to-day life and to teach skills a person can use between meetings.
She encourages people to set realistic goals and to track small changes along the way.
Practical approaches for online therapy and relationships
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then pick actions that match their values to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on emotions in close relationships and helps partners or individuals understand and change interaction patterns that cause distance or repeated conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Simone will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, concerns, and comfort level. Together they may try one method, mix techniques, or adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video is useful for full conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can be good for brief updates, coping tools between sessions, or when writing feels easier than talking. These formats aim to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands while keeping the work practical and focused.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
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- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English