Dr. Signe Simon

 
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Couples and Individual Therapy in New York

Reaching out for therapy usually means you've already noticed something needs to change in yourself, in a relationship, or in how you're living. That noticing is where the work starts.

My approach is active, direct, and warm. Insight on its own rarely changes much; real change happens when you can feel a pattern as it's unfolding and choose a different response. That is what allows you to relate to yourself and others differently.

I'm drawn to this work because I've watched people transform as they develop a language for their inner lives, understand what's driving their emotions, and learn how to ask for what they want in relationship. I've seen people step out of old scripts about who they're supposed to be and start making choices that actually fit who they are.

Whether you come to therapy as a couple or an individual, the core of the work is identical: noticing when you're reacting from old patterns, and learning to respond instead from a clearer, more grounded place. For couples, this means understanding what's driving the disconnection and building something more honest between you. For individuals, it means honoring the strategies that once helped you survive hard things, while letting go of what now holds you back.

 

Dr. Signe Simon

I am a Danish American psychologist with specialized training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Relational Life Therapy (RLT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. I earned my PhD from Fordham University, completed my postdoctoral fellowship at NYU, and am the co-founder of Modern Mind. Alongside my clinical practice, I co-host LOVELINK, a podcast exploring sex, intimacy, and relationships.

CLINICAL TRAINING

  • Relational Life Therapy (RLT)

  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Integrative Psychiatry Institute, Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (IPI)

  • Eastern Group Psychotherapy

  • Ackerman Institute for the Family - Family Therapy Training