Simone Sobel, LCSW

12/28/2021

Don’t play it safe in 2022.

10/25/2021

I received this Tibetan singing bowl as a gift today, from someone special. I guess I don’t give myself enough credit for my calm, balanced, focus!! Do you have one of these? I love them!!

05/21/2021

The EMDR butterfly hug that has helped so many of us through an unbelievable year.

04/05/2021

It was gratifying to see the Headstrong Project, a non-profit veterans mental health organization I work with, featured on the Today Show. Spencer Milo speaks eloquently and frankly about many of the traumas and challenges I hear from combat veterans every day, as well as the hope and healing that comes with getting the right kind of help.

For members of the military, mental health struggles have long been a hidden wound of war. Carson Daly met with retired Staff Sgt. Spencer Milo at the Intrep...

02/03/2021

Struggling with bad habits? Addiction? Emotional eating? Procrastination? Self criticism? Fear? Getting off the couch? This is for you.

10/21/2020

What have you been forced to face up to? An unresolved trauma? A tendency to avoid intimacy or vulnerability? A self destructive habit? Negative relationship patterns that crop up again and again? Abandonment fears? Think about it.

06/26/2020

More empathy, more tolerance...what we need to face the challenges we are all experiencing right now.

05/27/2020

05/01/2020

This photo, created by talented friend Rachel Bodenstein Linkwald of Shayna Image is instantly iconic. It says everything about our moment. Aren't we, all of us, Corona Woman?

I am Corona Woman. A self portrait dedicated to all those who are doing all the things all the time at the same time right now.

Learn about how I created the image: www.shaynaimage.com/shayna-image-blog/2020/4/29/corona-woman

I am Corona Woman!

Hear me roar. Or cry. Or call out in gratitude. Or fear.

I wear all the hats and I want to cast them to the ground. Sometimes I do, and hide in the closet. Sometimes the hats stack nicely.

I am so proud of myself. And ashamed.

All these people are me.

04/28/2020

Sometimes, in trauma recovery, it is necessary to let go of even our closest relationships. Because when physical or emotional safety does not exist in a relationship, love becomes irrelevant.