Simone Totoro, LPC, LMHC

Simone Totoro is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with twenty years working in mental health. She draws on practical approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people manage stress and anxiety. Her tone is straightforward and focused on small, manageable steps.

She helps adults address a wide range of concerns. These include depression, addictions, sleep problems, anger, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing family problems, blended family issues, abandonment, and feelings of isolation or loneliness.

Simone uses a mix of methods to match what each person needs. She blends CBT with client-centered listening and mindfulness skills. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques guide short-term goals and forward progress.

Her work emphasizes clear goals and practical tools. Sessions often focus on skill-building for mood, sleep, and managing cravings or stress. She encourages small changes that add up over time and checks progress each step of the way.

Simone has practiced across different settings for two decades and keeps learning through continuing education. She works with adults and older adults and has experience with trauma-focused approaches. Her background in clinical work informs how she structures treatment and supports steady, realistic progress.

How Simone’s Approaches Work Online

Simone often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; this is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing stress. She also draws on client-centered methods that focus on listening and building a trusting, collaborative relationship to set personal goals.

Mindfulness-based work is used to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce rumination and improve mood. These exercises can be practiced between sessions and fit well into short daily routines.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Simone will discuss goals, preferences, and what has worked before to decide together on a plan. That collaborative process helps tailor whether the focus is skill building, trauma processing, or short-term problem solving.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and exercises. Phone sessions are helpful when less bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Chat and messaging support quick check-ins, homework review, and shorter exchanges between sessions. These formats aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into daily life while keeping the same therapeutic methods intact.