• A SAFE PLACE
    Discover…Heal…Connect…Thrive…

    A SAFE PLACE
    Discover…Heal…Connect…Thrive…

    A SAFE PLACE
    Discover…Heal…Connect…Thrive…

    Welcome!

    Therapy for Individuals, Couples, and Families.

    You are here reading about me because you have likely been suffering – individually or with the ones you love. I have always said “We are messy people…” Our feelings, thoughts, actions often cause unintended conflict – miscommunication devolving into an increasing distance with those we intend to be closer to. Sound familiar?

    I have been an active advocate for families for over 30 years and a psychotherapist for nearly 20 years with a private practice focusing on Marital and Family discord, trauma recovery, severe depression, the treatment of anxiety disorders and chemical dependency…My intention is to see you with unconditional positive regard. You and I will create a “Safe Place” … developing new understandings and skills to support long term change of unhealthy and painful patterns of behaviors and communication.

    One of my specialties is interpersonal neurobiology – How would you like to be able navigate your brain? – as if it were like driving your car – only to the most pleasant and joyful destinations… You can. We will take this route together …

    About David Simons

    David Simons founded his private therapy practice as a way to form closer connections with anyone in need of mental health care. With nearly 20 years of professional experience, he pairs an empathic approach and a lively collaborative style, with real world evidence based problem solving.

    Personal

    David Simons is originally from the mid-west – he has been married for 45 years… with two adult daughters and two hugely curious and funny grandchildren. He graduated from San Jose State University with a BA in Communications. Honored with an invitation from the Royal Academy in London he furthered his studies with John Clifford Williams – “Mastering Performance Communication.” David has been in private practice treating clients in the Conejo Valley and surrounding areas for 20 years.

    Education

    • • San Jose State University – BA Communications
    • • Philips Graduate Inst. – MA Clinical Psychology

    Certifications

    • • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) – MFC 44508

    Memberships

    • • CAMFT
    • • Ventura Chapter Marriage and Family Therapists
    • • The Mindsight Group by Dan Siegel
    • • Writer’s Guild of America – West
    • • Co-Founder of National Foundation of Teenage Suicidology in Washington