Clinical Psychologist & Psychotherapist
Healing Is Not a Destination. It Is a Return to Yourself
The psychotherapist you see today was shaped not only in training, but also through my own process of growth and reflection.
Welcome!
If you are reading this, something has probably brought you here that a list of my degrees will not answer. So let me share with you the part that matters more.
The psychotherapist you would meet today was shaped as much by living experiences as by studying. Healing is rarely quick, and it almost never runs in a straight line. My own transformation journey certainly didn't. There was uncertainty, there was unease, and more than a few times I slipped back into the patterns I knew best, even when I knew they were unproductive and not good for me.
I did not arrive where I am today by having the answers upfront. I got here by learning to sit with the hard questions and stay in the room with them. That is also what changed how I work with clients. People who come to therapy are not broken things to be fixed. They need to be understood, supported, and given a safe place to find out who they really are.
After years of walking beside people through the worst stretches of their lives, I have learned something I wish I had been told sooner: you do not have to feel ready to begin. You only have to feel that something needs to change, and take the first step of asking for help.
My hope is that the work we do together points you toward a life that feels more fully, more honestly, your own.
"I see your struggle, I value your story, and I believe in your capacity to heal."
- Todor S. Simeonov, Ph.D.
Professional Bio
I am Todor S. Simeonov, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and a certified positive and transcultural psychotherapist. I became a psychotherapist and trainer because I kept meeting people who had learned to endure their lives instead of choosing to live them. Survival is not the same as fulfilled living, and I wanted a way to help people cross from one to the other.
My training runs across several qualifications. I hold a Ph.D. in Communication and a Master's in Clinical Psychology, the European Certificate in Psychotherapy from the EAP, certified Hypnotherapist Coach training through Mindvalley, and HeartMath Clinical Practitioner training in biofeedback. I studied the science because I care about the person sitting across from me, and the science by itself was never enough to explain who they were.
With clients I use the psychodynamic method of Positive Psychotherapy (PPT after Peseschkian, developed since 1977). As I follow my clients' needs I compliment my work with other approaches and modalities such as Reality Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Biofeedback and Mindfulness. I am trained in Movie Therapy and Fairytale Analysis and Therapy. Trauma, anxiety, stress, and the hard turns of a life each ask for something different, and I try to meet my clients where they are.
For more than five years I led the design and implementation of mental health and wellbeing programs in corporate, reaching over 80,000 employees working onsite and remotely. I took what psychology understands about people and turned it into something a tired person, on a hard day at work, could actually reach for.
That work has been recognized internationally. One description of it stayed with me, that I was "a force to be reckoned with" in the wellness field. The awards include:
- 1st Place, Health and Wellbeing Strategy - Employer of Choice Awards (2025)
- 2nd Place, Wellness Program - Brandon Hall Excellence in Action Awards (2025)
- Wellness, Diversity & Inclusion Program of the Year - Global Sourcing Association (2024)
- Emotional Intelligent Leader Award - Emotional Intelligence Week Summit (2023)
- Highly Commended, Best Employee Wellbeing Strategy - Engage Awards UK (2023)
I work with clients around the world, in English and in Bulgarian. What I want for you is the freedom and resilience to live a life that feels like your own, and that gives you real joy.
Ready to start your transformation?
Qualifications & Certificates
A curated selection of my professional training and certification documents.