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.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
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.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
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.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
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.