Vanessa Simmons

Vanessa Simmons, LPC, SEP, RPT, TCTSY-F is an EMDRIA-approved consultant for somatic EMDR based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 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. Her approach is distinguished by the depth and breadth of her integrative training — weaving EMDR Therapy together with Somatic Experiencing, Flash, Sand Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga to create a compassionate, attuned space for healing.

Vanessa is the founder of Meadow Grove Counseling, a trauma-focused private practice in Lancaster, PA, and Embodied Wisdom Institute, a holistic wellness center where she offers Reiki, Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, and Vibrational Sound Therapy. Together, these two practices reflect her commitment to whole-person healing — honoring the body, nervous system, and spirit alongside evidence-based clinical treatment.

What sets Vanessa apart as a clinician and consultant is her rare combination of credentials. As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), Registered Play Therapist (RPT), and Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (TCTSY-F), she brings somatic and body-based expertise that very few EMDR consultants can offer. For clinicians seeking to deepen their work with clients who hold trauma in the body — whether first responders, survivors of medical procedures, or those healing from spiritual harm — Vanessa’s consultation offers a uniquely informed perspective.

As an EMDRIA-approved consultant for somatic EMDR, Vanessa welcomes clinicians at all stages of their EMDR journey who are drawn to integrative and body-centered approaches. Her consultation style reflects the same warmth, attunement, and clinical depth she brings to her client work — grounded, thoughtful, and genuinely invested in each clinician’s growth and confidence.

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.