About Fern
Fern Simon is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, and low self-esteem. Fern aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for people feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to start.
She creates a calm space to talk through difficult feelings and everyday problems. Conversations focus on practical steps and new ways of coping rather than jargon.
How Fern works
Fern listens for patterns from family of origin, abandonment worries, attachment issues, and communication problems to clarify what keeps someone stuck. Therapy sessions may cover recovery from domestic violence or substance concerns, handling divorce or blended family strain, and working through caregiver stress or aging-related questions.
She also supports people facing body image, control, or emptiness issues, and those coping after disasters or major life changes. Fern brings experience helping people with addiction, relationship communication, and rebuilding self-worth. Her background makes room for both short-term problem solving and longer work aimed at deeper change.
Conversations include developing coping skills, repairing relationships, and strengthening emotional awareness. Based in New York, Fern uses an evidence-based approach and focuses on what a person actually needs now. Sessions aim to leave people with clearer next steps, stronger coping tools, and a greater sense of agency.
What Fern works with
The areas below are the ones Fern selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW-R |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Fern Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Fern draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills. One common approach focuses on helping someone identify thought and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood, then testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce distress. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, and self-esteem concerns.Another approach centers on processing difficult experiences like trauma or relationship wounds by creating manageable steps to revisit and reframe painful memories. This work helps with trauma recovery, abandonment fears, attachment issues, and rebuilding trust in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Fern will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and pace. Together they will review what feels helpful and make adjustments as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging let someone reflect in writing, fit therapy into a busy day, or keep momentum between longer sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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