Singlepoint Psychotherapy

Welcome to Simon Weismantel, LCSW Psychotherapy & Consultation, a sanctuary for healing, growth, and self-discovery. We are dedicated to providing client-centered, supportive, and insight-oriented therapy for individuals, couples, and families. Our approach is grounded in psychodynamic treatments, psychoanalytic theory, and a deep understanding of the psychological effects of systemic oppression, racism, and stigma. Our mission is to create a safe and nurturing environment where you can share your concerns, no matter how overwhelming or hard to talk about.

Our Services

At Simon Weismantel, LCSW Psychotherapy & Consultation, we offer a range of therapeutic services tailored to meet your unique needs. Our offerings include:

• Psychotherapy: We provide talk therapy for individuals, families, and couples, addressing a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, substance abuse, chronic medical issues, and self-esteem challenges. Our approach is warm, non-judgmental, and empathetic, fostering a strong therapeutic alliance and promoting healing, exploration, and growth.

• Consultation & Trainings: We offer consultation and trainings to clinicians and organizations, specializing in work with minoritized genders, sexualities, and sexual expressions. Our goal is to empower mental health professionals and organizations to provide culturally responsive and affirming care to all clients.

• Trans Support Letters: To improve access to medical care and appropriate accommodations, we provide assessments and support letters for transgender individuals. Our goal is to help you navigate the complex process of obtaining gender-affirming healthcare and ensuring your needs are met.

Clinical Specialties

At Simon Weismantel, LCSW Psychotherapy & Consultation, we have extensive experience working with clients navigating life transitions and big life changes, recovery from difficult childhoods and trauma, depression and anxiety, LGBTQ+ identity across the lifespan, family support around gender exploration, kink-aware therapy, and coping with chronic illness. We have advanced training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and are committed to providing affirming clinical work with practitioners of BDSM and Kink sexualities.

Meet Simon Weismantel, LCSW

Simon Weismantel is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist with a private practice in Evanston, IL. He is a graduate of Smith College School for Social Work, where he focused on contemporary psychodynamic treatments, psychoanalytic theory, and the psychological effects of systemic oppression, racism, and stigma. Simon is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Smith, teaching both theory and clinical practice. He has over two decades of experience working with clients facing various challenges, including depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, substance abuse, chronic medical issues, and self-esteem struggles.

Simon has advanced training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and is committed to providing affirming clinical work with practitioners of BDSM and Kink sexualities. His graduate research explores affirming clinical work with these communities, and his work was featured in a PsychCentral article addressing the therapeutic needs of kinky clients. Simon is a sought-after clinical trainer on topics related to stigmatized genders and sexual orientations.

As a community resource, Simon has worked for over 20 years with transgender and gender-exploring adults and youth, as well as their families and loved ones. He developed and launched Gendernauts, a social support group for gender-creative high school students. He is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, served as a volunteer counselor at Chicago Women's Health Center, and was on the clinic committee of Hope for the Day, a peer-based suicide prevention movement. Simon completed a post-graduate Fellowship at The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, where he is a Student-at-Large.