CRES Wellness

Dr. Chesha Simon is the lead clinician behind CRES Wellness. Are you... -Feeling unheard, invalidated, or misunderstood? -Not feeling like 'enough'? -Feeling overworked and struggling to find joy? -Experiencing inexplicable shifts in your mood that seem to come out of nowhere? -Wanting to better understand yourself and why you do the things that you do? -Wanting to improve relationships with others? -Looking to understand your purpose and harness your potential? -Working towards healing past traumas and hurts? Dr. Simon is invigorated by the prospect of working with individuals who are seeking therapy as another step towards their own growth, on their terms. They have recognized the benefits of a collaborator that can balance intersecting identities and provide evidence-based and empirically supported interventions in meaningful and digestible ways. They want someone genuine and empathic with practical strategies and opportunities for accountability. Most of all, these individuals recognize that they are free to hold space together and that they deserve to live a life that they can feel connected to and proud of. Does that sound like you??! If so, consider scheduling a free 15-minute consultation call!!! Experience: Dr. Simon is a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and families for over 12 years. She has worked in multiple treatment settings from the least to most restrictive and has been able to help people make positive and lasting changes in their lives by empowering them to tap into their own strengths and recognize the importance of self-love. Dr. Simon works with individuals managing issues related to self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and other impactful concerns. She has also trained parents and foster parents in behavioral techniques and self-regulatory strategies to better support the needs of their children. Treatment Focus: Within individual therapy, Dr. Simon's clinical approach includes an evidence-based lens, utilizing both cognitive-behavioral and dialectical-behavior interventions with an emphasis on self-reflection, recognition of strengths, as well as skill building, to support managing life’s most difficult moments. She believes that a mix of empathic processing and actionable steps can help people move closer towards their identified goals. Dr. Simon has also focused on trauma-informed intervention and care to combat the many struggles and strains present in so many marginalized communities and related to many aspects of differing and/or intersecting identities. Current services include individual psychological services (60-minute psychotherapy appointments) for adults via telehealth only for individuals in the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.