Licensed to practice in Maryland and accepts 33 insurances. Specializes in Family Conflict, Spirituality, Trauma and PTSD and 9 more.
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Dr. Simone Blanchard is the Executive Director and Lead Therapist of Inner Light Consulting and Therapeutic Services in the metro Washington DC area. She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and holds her LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) in Maryland and Washington, DC. She is also a Trauma Specialist whose training includes working with children impacted by childhood sexual abuse. Dr. Blanchard is a sought-after speaker by both lay and professional audiences. To the general community, she speaks about parenting skills, relationship healing and building, childhood development, and natural healing modalities. To professional audiences, her presentations include mental health diagnoses, interventions, treatment, and prognoses; relationship healing and building; suicide prevention; mind-body connection; and global trauma. Dr. Blanchard earned her graduate degree with high honors in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Marymount University. She was inducted into the Psi Chi International Honors Society in Psychology and the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society. She is an International Psychology with a special concentration in global trauma. She has studied with master practitioners in spirituality, human development, and restitution.
In our first session, we will learn about my therapeutic practice, go over safety policies and procedures, and discuss why you are coming to therapy.
Innerlight has extensive experience providing trauma-informed care, understanding the impact of childhood trauma, and natural healing modalities. Other areas include energy work to help heal trauma. Innerlight also helps identify interventions, treatment modalities; cognitive and behavioral manifestations; mind-body connection, and global trauma.
Innerlight has experience working with families, adults, children, and communities. We specialize in transformative services, including trauma recovery, energy balancing, charka realignment, talk therapy, stone healing, sound therapy, and self-care practices.
I enjoy working with families, adults, children, and group settings.
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Cash - $150 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Arlo
AvMed
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Kaiser Permanente
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
11 ratings with written reviews
June 22, 2026
I had a great session with Simone, she allowed space for everyone to share their perspectives and helped us set up boundaries and create possible strategies that would help in our specific situation.
March 11, 2026
Dr. Simone guided me and husband through a difficult process but she helped us see one another again and communicate more effectively. I love how open-minded she is amazing.
March 7, 2026
She was great, no complaints.