Dr. Simone Levey is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Toronto. She obtained her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, in New York City. She brings over a decade of experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families, working at various levels of the mental health system, including in emergency rooms, psychiatric inpatient and outpatient hospital settings, and in schools. She has worked in numerous respected clinical settings in New York including Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Centre, Jacobi Medical Centre, and North Central Bronx Hospital. She also worked at Riker’s Island Correctional Centre and at Youthdale Treatment Centre in Toronto.
Dr. Levey is certified in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and received training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1). She has many years of training and experience practicing Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (STDP), and she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness in her work.
Dr. Levey currently works in private practice where she provides psychotherapy to adolescents, adults, and families, in addition to supervising students in psychotherapy. Dr. Levey also works as a consultant at the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT). CCVT is a non-profit organization that aids survivors to overcome the lasting effects of torture and war, and to integrate successfully into Canadian society. There, Dr. Levey does psychological assessments to support refugee claimants in their hearings to seek refugee status in Canada. She also supervises students and does workshops for clients and presentations for mental-health professionals in the community.
Dr. Levey is a member of the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA) , The Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Institute, and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISST-D). She is on various professional committees including the Ontario Psychological Association Continuing Education and Research Committee, the Toronto AEDP committee, and the Health Committee at the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT). Dr. Levey regularly attends professional conferences, trainings, seminars, supervision, and peer supervision groups.