Ronena Summers , LMFT

Ronena Summers is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 15 years of experience in California. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family tensions, trauma and abuse, and depression. Her approach is straightforward and caring. She wants clients to feel heard from the first session.

She creates a calm space where people can say what they are thinking and feeling without fear of judgment. Sessions emphasize clear conversation and practical steps you can take between meetings. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and helps clients try new ways of relating and coping.

Ronena often draws on tools from cognitive behavioral work and acceptance-based methods to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current trust and closeness. Skills from dialectical behavior therapy are used when people need help regulating strong emotions.

Her practice covers a wide range of concerns, including abandonment, chronic illness or pain, caregiving and end-of-life stress, communication problems, codependency, and issues after divorce or infidelity. She supports people working through family of origin wounds and blended family adjustment.

Sessions are offered in English and take place under California licensure. Ronena aims to work collaboratively, helping people set realistic goals and try small, manageable changes in daily life.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match what matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions about relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape trust and closeness now, and it can help when people struggle with abandonment, attachment wounds, or difficulty connecting with others. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy so people can find their own solutions and feel understood during hard conversations.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying ideas in session and adjusting when something does or does not fit.

Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or ongoing reflections between sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life while preserving the core work of therapy with a licensed professional.