Stefanie Summers

Stefanie Summers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 20 years of clinical practice. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship strain, career questions, and parenting concerns. Stefanie brings a calm, practical approach to sessions and aims to make progress feel manageable for busy lives.

She has worked in a wide range of settings including community programs and military-focused care. That experience shaped a flexible style that blends evidence-based therapy with broader wellness tools. Stefanie uses clear, goal-focused conversations and techniques to help people manage symptoms and build skills for everyday challenges.

Stefanie draws on several therapeutic methods when appropriate, including attachment-focused work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and EMDR for trauma-related material. She frames these approaches in simple terms and pairs them with practical exercises your daily routine can absorb.

Clients can expect a strengths-oriented tone. Sessions typically include discussion of immediate problems, experiments to try between meetings, and review of what helped or didn’t. Stefanie also incorporates energy healing tools alongside psychotherapy when it fits a person's goals.

Her formal education includes a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver. Stefanie holds an LCSW in North Carolina and has worked with adults across a wide variety of life stages and challenges.

How specific approaches shape online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships affect current patterns. In sessions that use this approach, conversations look at connection, trust, and how to form healthier bonds in daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses short experiments and practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used for trauma-related material and pairs focused memory work with bilateral stimulation to reduce the intensity of distressing memories.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to goals, try different methods when needed, and adjust plans based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques fit best for the issue at hand and the pace a person prefers.

The practical benefit of online work is making therapy fit into everyday life. Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule around work or parenting, allow shorter check-in meetings when time is limited, and avoid travel time. Licensed professionals adapt exercises and homework so you can practice skills between sessions and track progress over time.