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Simone Walton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DSW, LMSW (she, her)
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Silver Spring, MD 20906
Let's Connect (301) 701-2262
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Dr. Walton is dedicated to working with communities, organizations, and individuals to develop applied solutions to challenges affecting vulnerable and marginalized populations. Her professional experience includes working within international humanitarian organizations, the legal arena and doing this work living on every continent except Antarctica. Dr. Walton is passionate about systems and the people who function in them. She is a wife, a mother, a caregiver and a daughter of immigrants.
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“If you are ready, to be honest about your pain, anger, and your challenges instead of pretending they don’t exist then I’m ready to accompany you. We're on a journey. I walk alongside you on your path getting to the core issue. I can't make issues disappear, but together we create the strategies to address them."
Please check out the Core Issues website and get in touch - www.thecoreissues.com
Call or Email Simone Walton now for a free 15 minute consultation - (301) 701-2262
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $180
- Couple Sessions $220
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (301) 701-2262
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Simone Walton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DSW, LMSW
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Maryland / 26749 Simone Walton
- In Practice for 14 Years
- Membership with National Association of Social Workers
- Membership with Alliance of Social Wokers in Sports
- Attended University of Southern California , Doctorate, Graduated 2020
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Marital and Premarital
- Behavioral Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dementia
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Influencers - e.g. coaches/staff/pastors
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychological Evaluations
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Testing and Evaluation
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Deaf Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Deaf Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Adlerian
- Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Christian Counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Energy Psychology
- Existential
- Experiential Therapy
- Expressive Arts
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Forensic Psychology
- Gestalt
- Gottman Method
- Humanistic
- Imago
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Jungian
- Mind Body Spirit Connectedness
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Music Therapy
- Narrative
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Location
Nearby Areas
Call for a free consultation now - (301) 701-2262
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Simone Walton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DSW, LMSW