Simone Totoro, LPC, LMHC

Simone Totoro is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with two decades of work in mental health. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and address addictions while helping people rebuild self-esteem and handle life changes.

She draws on approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to shape sessions around each person’s needs. Simone uses mindfulness exercises and solution-focused conversations to help people find concrete steps forward. Her experience includes work with trauma and family concerns, and she often incorporates attention to sleep, anger, and career stressors.

Simone holds LPC and Licensed Mental Health Counselor credentials and has provided care across multiple states during her career. Her background includes ongoing training in telehealth and mindfulness, and she has used animal-assisted techniques where appropriate to support coping and stress relief.

In sessions she helps people set clear goals and practice small, manageable changes. Conversations tend to be straightforward and focused on what someone can try between meetings. She emphasizes partnership, so clients are part of choosing what to try next.

Those who want to begin are guided through a matching process and scheduling steps. Simone works to make time in the week for regular meetings and to support steady progress toward personal goals.

How Simone Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead to build trust and clarify goals. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through problems and decide what matters most.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and then tries simple experiments to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing cravings in addictions.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches basic attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These practices can help with stress, anger, and coping during difficult moments.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Simone will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. Together they adapt techniques so they fit daily life and current challenges.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as the original profile did not specify formats. Online work can make scheduling easier and help fit therapy into busy weeks, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use these approaches effectively through conversation, guided exercises, and between-session practices to support steady progress.