--- title: Courtney Simmons, LGPC date: 2025-08-04T22:35:00Z modified: 2026-10-16T01:31:36Z permalink: "https://www.columbiapsychiatry-dc.com/team/courtney-simmons-lgpc/" type: team status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 4748 specialty: - Therapy office: - Columbia Psychiatry - Glen Burnie, MD modality_areas: - Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - Art Therapy - Bariatric Counseling - Behavior Modification Therapy - Brief Therapy - Child Therapy - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - Critical Incident Stress Management - Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - Family Systems - Group Therapy - Individual Counseling - Neuropsychology - Pastoral Counseling - Psychopharmacology - Psychotherapy - Relationship and Family Counseling - Solution Focused Therapy - Testing and Assessment - Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT) conditions: - Addiction & Substance Use - ADHD - Adoption - Affective Disorders - Agoraphobia - Anger Management & Impulse Disorders - Anxiety Disorders - Asperger’s Syndrome - Autism Spectrum Disorders - Behavioral Issues - Bipolar Disorder - Body Dysmorphia - Borderline Personality Disorder - Career Issues - Child Abuse - Chronic Illness & Chronic Pain - Cultural (racial, ethnic) Identity Issues - Death, Dying, & Terminal Illness - Delusional Disorders - "Dementia & Alzheimer's" - Depression - Developmental Disorders - Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - Domestic Violence - Eating Disorders - Eating/Food Insecurities - Family Conflict - Gambling Addiction - Gender Dysphoria - Grief and Bereavement - Homelessness - Infertility or Pregnancy Loss - Intellectual Disabilities - Learning Disabilities - LGBTQI+ Issues - Marital/Separation/Divorce - "Men's Issues" - Military Lifestyle Issues - Mood Disorders - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) - Panic/Phobias - Parenting Issues - Personality Disorders - Physical Abuse Victims - Post-Partum/Pre-Partum - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Psychotic Disorders - Relationship Issues - Schizophrenic Disorders - School Related Problems - Self-Harming Behaviors - Severe & Persistent Mental Illness - Sex Abuse Victims - Sexual Addictions - Sexual Disorders - Sexual Dysfunction - Sleep Disorders - Social Anxiety - Stress Management - Suicidality - Transition to Adulthood - Trauma - Trichotillomania - Veteran’s Issues special_populations: - Co-Occurring Disorders - Disabilities – Developmental - Disabilities – Hearing Impaired - Disabilities – Learning - Disabilities – Physical - Disabilities – Visually Impaired - Geriatric - HIV/AIDS - Immigrant Populations - LGBTQI+ - Medical Co-Morbidity - Refugees language: - "No" featured_image: "https://www.columbiapsychiatry-dc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Courtney_Simmons_1.jpg" timestamp: 2026-10-16T01:31:36Z tags: - Therapy - Columbia Psychiatry - Glen Burnie, MD - Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - Art Therapy - Bariatric Counseling - Behavior Modification Therapy - Brief Therapy - Child Therapy - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - Critical Incident Stress Management - Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - Family Systems - Group Therapy - Individual Counseling - Neuropsychology - Pastoral Counseling - Psychopharmacology - Psychotherapy - Relationship and Family Counseling - Solution Focused Therapy - Testing and Assessment - Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT) - Addiction & Substance Use - ADHD - Adoption - Affective Disorders - Agoraphobia - Anger Management & Impulse Disorders - Anxiety Disorders - Asperger’s Syndrome - Autism Spectrum Disorders - Behavioral Issues - Bipolar Disorder - Body Dysmorphia - Borderline Personality Disorder - Career Issues - Child Abuse - Chronic Illness & Chronic Pain - Cultural (racial, ethnic) Identity Issues - Death, Dying, & Terminal Illness - Delusional Disorders - "Dementia & Alzheimer's" - Depression - Developmental Disorders - Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - Domestic Violence - Eating Disorders - Eating/Food Insecurities - Family Conflict - Gambling Addiction - Gender Dysphoria - Grief and Bereavement - Homelessness - Infertility or Pregnancy Loss - Intellectual Disabilities - Learning Disabilities - LGBTQI+ Issues - Marital/Separation/Divorce - "Men's Issues" - Military Lifestyle Issues - Mood Disorders - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) - Panic/Phobias - Parenting Issues - Personality Disorders - Physical Abuse Victims - Post-Partum/Pre-Partum - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Psychotic Disorders - Relationship Issues - Schizophrenic Disorders - School Related Problems - Self-Harming Behaviors - Severe & Persistent Mental Illness - Sex Abuse Victims - Sexual Addictions - Sexual Disorders - Sexual Dysfunction - Sleep Disorders - Social Anxiety - Stress Management - Suicidality - Transition to Adulthood - Trauma - Trichotillomania - Veteran’s Issues - Co-Occurring Disorders - Disabilities – Developmental - Disabilities – Hearing Impaired - Disabilities – Learning - Disabilities – Physical - Disabilities – Visually Impaired - Geriatric - HIV/AIDS - Immigrant Populations - LGBTQI+ - Medical Co-Morbidity - Refugees - "No" --- ### Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor ### ![](https://www.columbiapsychiatry-dc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Courtney_Simmons_1.jpg) I am a clinician at our [Glen Burnie](https://www.columbiapsychiatry-dc.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/location/glen-burnie-md.md) clinic who provides [therapy](https://www.columbiapsychiatry-dc.com/psychiatric-care/mental-health-counseling-and-therapy/) services! 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