Bio
Jen Simmons' style and approach are unique due to her clinical background and counseling training, which includes blended approaches from Eastern and Western traditions. She finds person-centered, strength-based, and solution-focused therapy to be the most common approaches used in her practice, however, she also enjoys utilizing acceptance commitment therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), EMDR, Mindfulness and Meditation, Positive Psychology, Narrative Therapy, Art Therapy, and others. She is currently in dissertation phase of her PhD researching the somatic experience of awe.
Educational background
- Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, BA, Psychology
- Naropa University, MS, Contemplative Counseling Psychology
- California Institute of Integral Studies, PhD, Integral Transpersonal Psychology
Specialities & expertise
- Clinical care
- Eating cisorders
- Clinical documentation
- Health at every size (HAES)
- Binge eating
- Weight stigma
- Clinical management
Professional accomplishments
- Membership committee chair - International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals
- Licensed Professional Counselor
- International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals-San Antonio chapter
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