Stefanie Summers, LCSW

Stefanie Summers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship concerns. Stefanie also supports those facing parenting challenges, intimacy-related issues, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Her approach blends practical talk therapy with several evidence-based techniques. She uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds affect current relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing can be used with people who have trauma histories.

Stefanie's background includes civilian and military clinical work in North Carolina and other settings. She has experience assisting adults and teens who have faced homelessness, severe mental illness, foster care and adoption issues, and combat-related stress. Those experiences inform a straightforward, strengths-focused way of working.

Sessions are aimed at clear goals and small, useful steps. Stefanie often mixes motivational interviewing and mindfulness strategies to help people find motivation and calm in daily life. The work is collaborative - she and the client decide what to try and how to measure progress.

Stefanie holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Denver and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina in 2008. She continues to integrate multiple approaches to meet each person's needs.

How Stefanie's approaches work for online care

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice recurring relationship themes and try new ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used with trauma memories to reduce their intensity and the emotions tied to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on needs, goals, and what feels comfortable. That process may shift as progress is made and priorities change.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy schedule and avoiding travel time so therapy can happen between other commitments. Online work can also make shorter check-ins or more flexible scheduling simpler. Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available with this therapist.