About me

My name is Kathryn Simons and I am a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience providing clinical and case management services.

Life is hard right now. For everyone. It can get sticky in relationships when one or both of you are overwhelmed with life, work, and other responsibilities. Finding ways to communicate is essential and the best way to listen is to gain control over the background noise that comes from past experiences and any resentment that may be piling up.

The good news is that there are lots of ways to help gain control over emotions, making it easier to listen and respond with patience to what your partner is trying to communicate. Going into counseling believing the other person is never going to change can make the entire process feel like a chore. If you find yourself or your partner saying things that are hurtful, and later feeling guilt or shame, counseling can be a place where you both work towards rewiring your ingrained responses.

Initial Sessions will focus on helping couples identify shared goals, identifying roadblocks that feel insurmountable, and finding ways to iron out communication differences.

From there we work to identify patterns of reactions, linking them to experiences and interactions, and learning ways to respond rather than react when stressed. Therapy will stress the importance of making the choice to dig in and work things through as a couple.

Specialties

  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Family conflicts
  • Trauma, Abuse
  • Parenting issues
  • Self esteem, Motivation
Also experienced in:
LGBT , Relationship issues , Anger management , Career difficulties , Depression , Compassion fatigue , Abandonment , Adoption and Foster Care , Blended Family Issues , Caregiver issues and stress , Codependency , Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 12

Services offered


  • Messaging

  • Phone

  • Video

Licensing

NY LCSW 087473

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Kathryn Simons. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Regain might be different.

Written on Jan 20, 2021 after therapy with Kathryn for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Super nice and down to earth. Easy to talk to.

Written on Jan 16, 2021 after therapy with Kathryn for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Counselor is great. The Regain system has been problematic from the start.

Work with me!