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Michigan

Amelia Simmons, LMSW

Licensed Master Social Worker

Online TherapySouthgate, MI
License #680111487110 years of experienceAges 18+

Welcome. I create a warm, non-judgmental space where adults and couples can feel safe, seen, and supported. I specialize in sex therapy and couples work, helping partners rebuild connection, improve communication, and navigate challenges around intimacy, trust, and desire.

I also support individuals navigating depression, anxiety, life transitions, and concerns related to body image and disordered eating. Using an emotion-focused approach, we explore the deeper patterns behind these experiences, helping you better understand your emotions, your body, and your needs.

Whether you’re healing from infidelity, struggling with intimacy, or trying to find your way back to yourself, you don’t have to carry it alone. Together, we can make sense of what’s been painful, reconnect you to what matters most, and create space for something more honest, secure, and fulfilling.

My goal is to empower and equip you with the tools to live a healthy, authentic, and fulfilling life, both individually and within your relationships.

I work with

IndividualsFamily (Adults)Couples

Accepted insurances

  • 6 Degrees
  • 90 Degree Benefits
  • Aegis LLC
  • Aetna/ First Health
  • Aetna
  • Aetna Affordable Health Choices/ Aetna Voluntary
  • Aetna EAP
  • Allstate Benefits (through Allied Benefit Systems)
  • American Continental (Aetna Senior Supplemental)
  • Assured Benefit Administrators
  • Boon-Chapman Administrators/ Wellnet Healthcare
  • Christian Brothers Services

I specialize in

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Relationship/Family Stress
  • Self Esteem
  • Life Transitions
  • Stress
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Person-Centered
  • Conduct or Impulse Control Problems
  • BIPOC Allied
  • Body Positivity
  • LGBTQIA+ Allied

Treatment approaches

  • Sex Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Person-Centered
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Family Systems
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Trauma Focused
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Behavior Therapy/Behavior Modification

Communities I work with

  • Sex-Positivity / Kink
  • BIPOC Allied
  • Body Positivity
  • LGBTQIA+ Allied
  • Perpetrators of Crime/Abuse/Sexual Offender

Education

Master of Social Work

Wayne State UniversityGraduated 2016