Gina Simmons

Gina Simmons is a marriage and family counselor, a writer and educator from San Diego, California, specializing in anger management.

Early life and education

Simmons received a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1983 from San Diego State University. In 1991, she received a doctorate degree in psychology from United States International University.

Career

She has been licensed in California as a marriage and family therapist since 1988. From 1987 to 1988, Simmons was licensed in California as a marriage and family therapist intern. She is co-founder and co-director of Schneider Family Services with her husband, Jay Schneider, a licensed clinical social worker.

She was an adjunct instructor in the psychology department at San Diego City College.

She has been quoted in articles about anger management, including in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune. She was profiled in a Q&A piece on Yahoo! Voices in 2010. In December 2011, she appeared on "The Roth Show," a syndicated radio program.

Writing

She wrote blogs for Forbes.com and blogged for Women in Crime Ink. She was a columnist for Living Better Magazine, answering health-related questions.

An article she wrote about media violence and aggression in children was included in the book Is Media Violence a Problem? (vol. 2), released by Cengage Learning in May 2010. Also, a short story by Simmons is included in the book Heart of a Military Woman: Stories and Tributes to Those Who Serve Our Country, released in 2009 in the Heart Book Series by author Sheryl Roush.

Personal life

In 1972 as a teenager, Simmons sang on the rock musical album An Eye In Each Head, performing in the live production of the same name. In 1994, she sang lead on the album Help The People by Paul Swigart, and background vocals in seven of the songs.