Somatic Therapist Helping Women Heal from Relationship Trauma in California
The most important relationship is the one you create with yourself
I’m Simone Adkins, LMFT, a therapist serving women throughout California. My work centers on helping women heal from relationship trauma — the kind that often starts in childhood and shapes our self-concept, how we show up in friendships, with romantic partners, and in professional settings.
I believe the most important relationship you’ll ever build is the one with yourself, because it’s the foundation for every connection that follows. In my practice, I use a somatic therapy approach that blends nervous system regulation, body awareness, and compassionate presence to help you restore safety, trust, and self-worth, so you can create relationships that feel healthy, supportive, and real.
​​My favorites: Laughing, connecting with people whom I feel safe with, the ocean, music, trying new foods, family fun nights at home, dancing, yoga, writing poetry/ short stories and teaching.



How I Support Your Therapy Journey
I believe healing must include all aspects of ourselves - or at least as much as we possibly can considering that we are dynamic, ever-changing and sometimes difficult to define.
Starting with acknowledging our many parts/ selves/ aspects is at least a step toward honoring and accepting ourselves.
The heart of my work aims to help you:
Acknowledge, accept, trust and love yourself bottoms ups, tops down, outside in, inside out.
I was taught early on: The healing is in the relationship.
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I've carried this with me because, it aligned with how I view myself and the world...
that everyone and everything is in relationship with everyone and everything.
So, regardless of the skills, techniques and theoretical approaches I use, I prioritize cultivating safe the relationships with my clients.
And - even if it's just for a moment - with everyone whom I encounter.
Education
2015 - 2019
Master of Arts in Counseling
Saybrook University, California
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Science in Human Services
University of Phoenix, California
License & Certifications
Licensure Information
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, 137157 California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Havening Techniques
Certified Practitioner
Yoga Certification, RYT® 200
Integral Yoga Academy, 200-hour Teacher Training
San Francisco, CA
Somatic EMDR Therapy
(TM)
Somatic EMDR Therapist
My Intentions and Commitments to You
I intend and commit to:
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Develop a safe relationship with you.
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Help you reduce internal suffering.
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Support you to increase your capacity for self-attunement and self-acceptance.
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Humbly walk alongside you.
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Help you to recognize and heal issues that make you feel stuck or limited.
I intend and commit to:
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Honor your sense of freedom over and within your life.
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Guide you to act and make choices that align with your values.
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Encourage the ripple effect that happens as you create healthy relationships with yourself, with others and your world.
An Encouragement to Find Your People
"The best advice I can offer anyone breathing in this world; find people that make you both soft and strong. People that hold you in tears and hold you accountable. People that show up to listen or help you fight. People that create safe places to land in a world that banks on your trauma. People that owe you nothing and still give you everything. People that see you even when they don’t see your path."
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- Dr. Ashley Nash, PhD, NCC
