Insurance plans accepted: BlueCross and BlueShield
Cigna Optum: Allways, VACCN, UnitedHealthcare, Health Plans, Oxford, UMR, Mass General Brigham Point32: Tufts Public, Tufts Health Plans, Harvard Pilgrim Tufts Commercial Tufts Public Out-of-Pocket/Self-Paid

Location: Amherst, Hybrid

Linda Simmons has worked with individuals, couples and families for many years. After receiving her Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School, she worked as a non-denominational chaplain at Wentworth Douglass Hospital, Brigham and Women’s, Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Nantucket Fire Department and Hospice. Seeking to broaden the scope of her knowledge and experience, Linda received her Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Massachusetts.

Linda witnesses people where they are, helps them untangle how they got there and guides them towards their own capacity for health and well-being. She specializes in Psychodynamic Therapy, looking for the threads that stretch back into our history and keep us reacting in ways that no longer serve us, Internal Family Systems, Grief Counseling, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and 12 Step work.

She is thrilled to be working with Advance Psychotherapy Practice. Believing strongly in the worth and dignity of each person, she knows she will continue to learn from everyone she encounters.