About Simone
Simone Ferreira uses straightforward, practical therapy to help people handle stress and emotional overwhelm. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with 15 years of experience. Simone aims to make conversations easy and down-to-earth so people can talk about what matters most.
She combines goal-focused methods with short-term problem solving and practical skills training. Sessions often focus on managing anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and the strain that comes with big life changes.
How Simone works
Simone also addresses trauma and compassion fatigue in everyday language and concrete steps. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Sciences from the same school, with an earlier Associate of Arts in Business. Those studies shaped a practical approach that blends motivation, thinking skills, and quick problem-solving strategies.
In sessions she helps people identify small changes that make daily life easier. That can look like setting simple goals, testing new ways of thinking, or trying short experiments between meetings. She keeps a smaller caseload to offer focused attention and clearer next steps.
Simone is accustomed to working with concerns tied to identity, discrimination, and multicultural stress. She also supports people grappling with relationships, money worries, immigration stress, aging concerns, and effects of disasters. Conversations are respectful, direct, and aimed at usable results.
Simone lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Simone works with
The areas below are the ones Simone selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Simone commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small changes in thinking and behavior to reduce anxiety, panic, or depressive symptoms. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on practical steps and short-term goals to produce small wins and faster improvements.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and build motivation. Together with the client she figures out which approach or mix of approaches fits goals and comfort level. That collaboration helps tailor sessions to the person's needs rather than following a fixed plan.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick updates, brief coaching, or when writing feels easier than talking.
These options make it possible to schedule around work, caregiving, or travel and to use different formats as needs change. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques like CBT and solution-focused work to each format so progress continues between sessions.
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