Vanessa Simmons

Vanessa Simmons, LPC, SEP, RPT, TCTSY-F is a certified EMDR therapist based in Lancaster, PA. She specializes in working with first responders, healthcare workers, and individuals healing from spiritual and medical trauma, as well as attachment wounds across the lifespan, beginning at age 2½. Vanessa integrates EMDR Therapy with Somatic Experiencing, Flash, Sand Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga to create a compassionate, attuned space for healing.

She is the founder of Meadow Grove Counseling, a trauma-focused counseling practice, and Embodied Wisdom Institute, a holistic wellness center where she offers Reiki, Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, and Vibrational Sound Therapy. Outside of her work, Vanessa and her life partner love traveling and caring for their little zoo—four cats, one dog, and a lizard named Mason, the Mellow Yellow Dragon.