Therapist / Owner
Dr. Stephanie Thurston-Simmons LPC, LSOTP, Lic. Deregistration Specialist, CH, CFTP, CCTS-S
Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed Sex Offender Treatment Provider
Licensed Deregistration Specialist EMDR Provider,
Certified Hypnotherapist
Certified Family Trauma Professional
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional - Sex Trafficking/Instructor
EMDR Provider
EFT Practitioner
Email: stephanie@nscpllc.org
Professional Biography
Dr. Stephanie Thurston-Simmons has been in private practice since 2000. She holds a PhD in Family Therapy, a Master of Education in Professional Counseling with an emphasis in family systems and child/adolescent development, and Bachelor of Science in Human Development & Family Studies with a minor in Psychology. Dr. Thurston- Simmons holds three licenses: She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Sex Offender Treatment Provider, and a Licensed Deregistration Specialist. She is a trauma expert, trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) with specializations in Feeling State Addiction and Migraine/Headache protocols. Dr. Thurston-Simmons is both a Certified Hypnotherapist and certified EFT therapist for a variety of issues, including specialized training for chronic pain and cancer care. She is also a Certified Family Trauma Professional and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional - Sex Trafficking. Together with her husband, Brian Simmons, she cowrote and instructs the only certification training course of it's kind available on human sex trafficking, training professionals & paraprofessionals both domestically and internationally. Dr. Thurston-Simmons works in private practice and designs programs and training for various community agencies, including hospital child/adolescent dual diagnosis treatment, sexual abuse, sexual addictions, and sex offender treatment. She has served as Clinical Director and Director of Outpatient Services for both psychiatric in-patient and day (PHP/IOP) hospitals. She also provides psychosexual evaluations for pretrial and post-conviction cases as well as provides expert court testimony in criminal and civil courts. Dr. Thurston-Simmons is certified in the TOVA to assess ADHD, in the PCL-R to assess psychopathy, and in sex offender risk assessments. Serving as both Clinical Director and Director of Outpatient Services for psychiatric hospitals, she has experience in directing, developing, managing, and supervising in-patient psychiatric programs, day (PHP/IOP) hospital programs, outpatient clinics, staffs of therapists, therapist-interns, medical technicians, nurses, and psychiatrists. Dr. Thurston-Simmons enjoys treating a variety of therapeutic issues for a number of specialties, including: Marriage & family issues, trauma, abuse, grief & loss, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, ADHD, PTSD, self-injury, parenting skills, divorce care, premarital counseling, infidelity, pornography, sexual issues, spirituality, sexual abuse, sexual offending, and sexual addiction. Dr. Thurston-Simmons is an advocate for victim safety and victim rights and is frequently providing professional consultation and community education through public speaking in workshops, conferences, expert witness court testimony, and other public speaking engagements. She is an avid supporter and advocate on task forces for ceasing Human Sex Trafficking, has served as Treasurer for Texas-ATSA (Association for the Treatment of Sex Offenders), is a member of the International Association of Trauma Professionals, is a member of the Northeast Tarrant County Mental Health Professionals Association (NTMHP), and has served on the Board of the Tarrant County Sexual Abuse Advisory Council/TSCAAC, Treatment Planning subcommittee, and is on the Advisory Board for Arizona Trauma Institute/Trauma International Institute. In addition to working domestically, Dr. Thurston-Simmons and her husband, Brian Simmons, work internationally and have traveled to Iraq assisting the rescue and trauma programs of sex trafficking victims/family refugees as well as developing a child soldier restoration program. She has deigned a Sex Buyer First Offender/John rehabilitation program utilized by organizations interested in eradicating human sex trafficking. Dr. Thurston-Simmons and her husband, Brian Simmons, also provide trauma trainings and support for First Responders and families and have a passion for treating the traumas that First Responders experience. Customers have questions, you have answers. Display the most frequently asked questions, so everybody benefits.
Therapist / Owner
Brian M. Simmons, MA, LPC, CH, CCTP-I, CFTP-F, CCTP-TA, CSTSS, CSTSS-ST
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional - Individual
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional - Family
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional - Trauma & Addiction
Certified Stress & Trauma Support Specialist
Certified Stress & Trauma Support Specialist - Sex Trafficking/Instructor
Certified Multichannel Eye Movement Integration Practitioner (MEMI) & Instructor
Certified Psychotraumatologist (IPTA)
Certified Hypnotherapist
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) provider
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) provider
Cell #: (214)-226-4206
Email: brian@nscpllc.org
Professional Biography
Brian Simmons began his counseling career specializing in trauma & stress-related disorders in 2012. Mr. Simmons and his wife (Dr. Stephanie Thurston-Simmons) currently co-own and operate both New Solutions Counseling & Trauma Center and HC Solutions Training and Consulting. Both are located in Southlake, Texas.
Mr. Simmons received a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and History from Southern Methodist University and his Master’s in Counseling from Amberton University. Mr. Simmons completed the majority of his counseling practicum hours @ Burning Tree Ranch, a long-term residential dual diagnosis substance use treatment center specializing in complex cases of addiction. He also obtained practicum hours at the North Texas Suicide and Crisis Center providing remote stabilization and crisis counseling. Mr. Simmons accrued post-graduate hours in both private practice and at Safe Haven of Tarrant County facilitating Batterer Intervention Prevention Program (BIPP) groups and conducting program intake assessments.
Prior to receiving his Master's Degree in 2010 Brian obtained a Texas Peace Officer License in 2001 and served as a full-time law enforcement officer. First with the Dallas Police Department and then with the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office, where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant. During his law enforcement career Brian obtained the following specialized training: Special Weapons and Tactics, Hostage Negotiations, Mental Health Peace Officer, Field Training Officer, TCOLE Instructor, Forensic Hypnosis, and earned a Master Peace Officer Certification. Mr. Simmons was on the forefront of the joint law enforcement and mental health crisis response movement to reduce use of force incidents. He created the Kaufman Country Crisis Response Team aimed at bridging the gap between mental health consumers and law enforcement response personnel. Because of Mr. Simmons prior career history first responders, frontline response personnel, and military stress/trauma are areas of specialization.
Mr. Simmons is a Certified Hypnotherapist. He is a Certified Multichannel Eye Movement Integration practitioner and instructor. An Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) provider, with specialized protocol training in Feeling State Addiction protocol, Migraine Pain Reduction protocol, and treating dissociative disorders with EMDR. Mr. Simmons is also trained in the Acute Stress Syndrome Stabilization procedures (ASSYST) and EMDR-Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP). Both are utilized for post-critical incident or mass disaster survivor care. Additionally, Mr. Simmons holds six trauma certifications and is considered an expert in the field of trauma.
Overall, Mr. Simmons utilizes a mind/body-based treatment approach that combines relevant talk therapy modalities, psychoeducation, mindfulness, and somatic stabilization techniques, with Adaptive Information Processing (AIP), MEMI, and Trauma Informed treatment techniques to address client's presenting symptoms and achieve their treatment goals.
In addition to offering a variety of training courses and consulting services through HC Solutions Training and Consulting, Mr. Simmons and his wife have three popular online training courses: Sex Trafficking and Sex Industry Exploitation (Certified Stress & Trauma Support Specialist), Neurophysiology and The Stress Response, and The Mental Health Needs of Law Enforcement. These online training courses have collectively been used to train mental health professionals and paraprofessionals across the US and in several nations worldwide.
Previously Mr. Simmons and his wife were partnered as instructors with the First Responder Mental Health Alliance and he served as an adjunct instructor at the Arizona Trauma Institute from 2018-2024.
Mr. Simmons has spent much of his time working in the field of human sex trafficking survivor recovery. Since 2016, Mr. Simmons has worked in varying capacities with four non-profits in the battle against sex slavery: 2019-Present (Advisory Board Member for SWAT League); 2019-2020 (Director of Operations for Express Missions International); 2016-2017 (Director of Clinical Care for Valiant Hearts); 2017-2019 (assisting an NGO that focused on rescuing women and children from ISIS controlled territory in Iraq & from Boko Haram in Africa). During his time assisting in Iraq, he and his wife also designed a child soldier restoration program. Brian continues to work with survivors of human trafficking in private practice.
Therapist
Jason Allen, MA, LPC, CTP
Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist - Individual
EMDR Provider
Cell #: (940) 208-0653 | Email: jason@nscpllc.org
Professional Biography
Jason Allen is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas focusing on trauma counseling, post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), and marriage/family relationships. He has several professional certifications and has worked with clients in multiple practices throughout the state of Texas. As a trained counselor and former member of law enforcement/military, Allen brings a unique mixture of high-quality professional training and real-life experience to the practice. Extensive previous experience in high-stress, life-or-death situations has allowed Allen to gain insight into the trauma and grief that many people have experienced, but few have processed in a healthy way. Allen is also extensively trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a highly effective technique that allows trauma survivors to process repressed events in a healthy way and move forward in their lives. Allen received a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from LeTourneau University, as well as a Master of Arts in Human Counseling degree with a specialization in Criminal Justice from Liberty University. He uses a Salutagenic approach to treatment along with psychoeducation, and empirically validated treatment modals to assist client’s in addressing presiding issues and helping clients achieve their treatment goals. Allen has a passion for helping his clients break free from mental and emotional struggles that hold them back from building strong relationships and experiencing a joyful life. In addition to treating other often experienced conditions Jason specializes in working with first responders, military personnel, veterans, and their families who are experiencing difficulty due to traumatic experiences. Allen served in the military for more than a decade and was deployed to the Middle East two times. He returned to the States and worked in the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Department in Las Cruces, NM for years. During his time as a police officer, Allen noted that many situations he encountered could have been avoided if those involved had pursued alternative measures such as therapy and counseling; this included both problems within the home and the aftereffects of experiencing traumatic events. It was during his service that Allen realized his true calling as a counselor. He moved beyond protecting the people in his community and began instead to walk alongside them through the healing process. Allen believes that everyone, regardless of their past experiences or present turmoil, can find purpose and have a vibrant, full life going forward. Allen’s overarching approach to treatment involves an integrative approach utilizing a variety of approaches based on the needs of the individual client.