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I deeply understand the impact of painful life events. I believe in the power of learning new skills to help us regain stability, ...
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I deeply understand the impact of painful life events. I believe in the power of learning new skills to help us regain stability, confidence, and hope.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life’s most difficult transitions. I help clients navigate anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relational conflict while developing greater emotional awareness, resilience, and connection. My approach is compassionate, client-centered, and grounded in evidence-based practices that promote personal growth, healing, and long-term positive change.
I earned my Doctorate in Counseling from Wilmington University. I use integrative therapeutic approaches that include cognitive-behavioral and trauma-informed practices to help clients identify barriers, shift unhelpful patterns, and create meaningful, lasting transformation.
You deserve support, healing, and a safe space to feel understood. Whether you’re seeking clarity, emotional balance, or stronger relationships, I’m here to walk beside you. Together, we’ll explore your goals, build resilience, and work toward lasting change. When you’re ready, I invite you to take the next step toward your healing journey.
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As a person/a human with multicultural complexity and variety in lived experiences, I offer an opportunity to partner with me in n...
As a person/a human with multicultural complexity and variety in lived experiences, I offer an opportunity to partner with me in navigating your relationships, emotions, identity, and other personal challenges.
Leighann Simmons is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience in the field of mental health. She takes great pride in being a witness to the healing process for individuals - ages 12 and up. Leighann specializes in bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression, trauma, interpersonal relationships, and life transitions.
Leighann completed her Master of Social Work (MSW) degree at Widener University of PA. She is a queer, married mother and woman of color with lived experience managing the complexity of multiple identities. This, in combination with her professional training, allows her to see a person as a unique individual with their own identities and needs to nurture. She utilizes dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic/narrative approaches & philosophies, and solution-focused therapy to engage each person in the process of change, personal growth, and healing.
Life will challenge any of us when stressors occur that overwhelm our ability to deal and function effectively. Leighann is confident that therapy will be an enjoyable, creative, personally validating, and productive experience. If you are ready to partner with Leighann in therapy, schedule an appointment with her today!
You deserve dedicated time with a mental health professional — it can be life-changing.
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Thriveworks Couples therapy helps couples work through their specific relationship issues. It is led by licensed professionals — often licensed marriage and family therapists (LMFTs) — who are experts in their field and best-equipped to help couples. Some examples of common focuses within couples therapy include:
Couples therapy works by helping couples identify and better navigate their unique challenges. Following an initial assessment of the couple in terms of strengths and needs, the therapist would then discuss their therapeutic goals and any possible approaches or ways of working together as therapist and couple.Couples attend sessions together, whether they meet in person or by video. In addition to regular couples therapy sessions, each partner may also be asked to attend a few individual sessions to supplement their progress. This will allow their counselor to get to know each individual better, assess each of their personal needs, and develop the very best treatment plan moving forward.
Couples therapy at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and via Online therapy. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you and your partner.
On average, couples attend couples therapy for 12 weeks. However, couples therapy may last longer or shorter, dependent on the couples’ needs, the challenges they’d like to work through, and the pace of their progress.
Dover Thriveworks counselors are willing to bet no! Every relationship with have its rough edges and bumpy stretches. Arguments, disagreements, and discontentment are not only normal, they may even be a sign of a healthy relationship. But of course, that doesn’t make them any less painful, or your doubts any less valid. After all, you deserve to be loved and cherished, and since you’re in a relationship with another human being, you might not always feel that way.
The choice to leave or stay is a stressful one. Sometimes, leaving is absolutely the right decision! But other times, your relationship just needs a little help, and maybe an outside supporter. Dover Thriveworks is here to support you and your partner get through a rough patch, recover from one, or prepare for the next one. Relationships are hard work, but they can still be beautiful and full of love. Reach out today for help.
Having problems in your relationship does not mean it is doomed to fail. When a relationship begins, infatuation is strong, and flaws are glossed over or romanticized. As time goes on, routines and old habits are brought to the light. Sometimes, this can be dangerous for you, and if you feel you are unsafe in any capacity, our counselors can help you through any next steps you decide to take. But other times, these annoying little things aren’t incredibly destructive, they just leave you feeling unloved, disrespected, or under-appreciated. Obviously, you don’t deserve to feel this way, but it may be a problem we can fix together.
Some common issues our Dover Thriveworks counselors have helped couples overcome include:
In the end, the concrete reason that draws you to counseling does not matter as much as you and your goals for the relationship do. Problems change, and we are flexible and individualized in our sessions. Our Thriveworks counselors strive to create a nonjudgmental space for growth and healing. Where the relationship and counseling sessions go is up to you—we are here to guide, support, and offer expertise.
Of course, through training and experience, we have many different techniques that we can employ in a counseling session to help you reach your goals. How we do that will largely depend on your unique situation. We may focus on a specific issue, like problems with faithfulness or feeling unloved. Or, we could simply focus on the overall relationship satisfaction. If you aren’t where you want to be yet, Dover Thriveworks can help you get there!
Anyone is welcome to our couples therapy. Dating, engaged, or married—Dover Thriveworks is excited to help you rebuild and strengthen your relationship, so it is loving and fulfilling! We offer evening and weekend sessions, and we accept most major insurances. Reach out today for help.
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Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Dover is located near the intersection of S Governors Ave and Webbs Ln, off US-13. It is near the Brecknock County Park and a short distance from Bayhealth Hospital. The office is in a low-rise brick office building; enter through the front door of Suite A.
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