About Simone
Simone Totoro uses a practical, person-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and major life changes. She introduces straightforward strategies so parents and adults can feel steadier day to day. Simone is an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and she also holds LMHC credentials in Florida.
She brings 20 years of experience to sessions in New Jersey and with international clients in English. She blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness tools.
Background and approach
That means conversations focus on a person’s goals, then try small experiments to change unhelpful thoughts and routines. Mindfulness exercises are used to build calm and improve sleep when worry or anger get in the way. Simone also works with people facing family friction, blended family challenges, abandonment worries, and isolation.
She helps parents manage parenting stress and supports people dealing with career strain or finding life purpose. Practical problem solving and short-term goal work are a regular part of her approach. Over two decades she has kept learning through continuing education and supervision.
Her practice includes talking through trauma and working on coping skills for mood and addiction concerns. Sessions are offered by video, phone, chat, or messaging to fit different needs. Simone encourages small, steady steps toward better routines and clearer decisions.
She focuses on what can change now and helps clients build habits that reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and support healthier relationships.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Simone uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a respectful, listening relationship where the client sets goals and pace. That approach helps people feel heard and guides decisions about which strategies to try next.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to locate patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. CBT breaks those patterns into small, manageable steps and teaches concrete practices for anxiety, sleeping problems, or low mood.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Simone will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they test strategies and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit sessions into busy days. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and guided exercises, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging support quick check-ins or ongoing problem solving. These options help people maintain continuity of care while using methods like CBT and mindfulness in flexible ways.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Mississippi
- Languages
- English