
Elizabeth Simmons, LCSW, DBT-C
Therapist
Locations:
Pennsylvania
Insurances
About
Elizabeth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Pennsylvania. She is an eclectic therapist, having worked with a range of age groups across a broad spectrum of settings and incorporating many different treatment modalities, including adolescents, adults, couples, families, people with mental health diagnoses, and addiction disorders. Elizabeth is certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and she also incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, even some Gestalt techniques, psychodynamic theory, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. Elizabeth prides herself on creating strong relationships with her clients and is very strengths-based, recovery-oriented, trauma-focused, and nonjudgmental. Nothing is more fulfilling to her than being part of the healing and evolution process with her clients. She loves witnessing them become empowered to make choices that create the best life and relationships possible for them.
Elizabeth is also an avid plant and animal lover, with a mini-menagerie and greenhouse in the home she shares with her daughter. Elizabeth enjoys travel, civil rights, and social justice activism, learning new languages and cultures, cooking, spending time with family and friends, reading, listening to music, collecting crystals, and spending as much time as possible outdoors.
Locations:
Pennsylvania
Credentials, Qualifications and Languages
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New York University, Master of Clinical Social Work with a Concentration in Co-Occurring Disorders, 2010
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Drexel University, Bachelor of Science in Addiction and Behavioral Health Sciences, 2007
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Evergreen, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certified
Why Healthcare
Elizabeth is passionate about providing mental healthcare because she feels it is in her blood. She comes from a long line of educators and activists and has always felt that creating strong bonds with people, holding space for them, and helping them to heal is her gift. This sentiment has often been shared by her loved ones, colleagues, and clients.
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