Stefanie Summers , LCSW

Stefanie Summers, LCSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship and parenting challenges. She works with concerns like depression, grief, intimacy issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her practical focus includes communication problems, attachment worries, and coping with life changes.

She has practiced social work for about 20 years and brings both clinical experience and a broader wellness perspective. Stefanie combines talk-based methods with body-aware and mindfulness practices to help people feel steadier day to day. Sessions tend to focus on skills you can use between meetings as well as on making sense of painful past events.

Her approach blends attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral ideas to look at patterns in relationships and daily thoughts. She also uses EMDR strategies for trauma processing when suitable, and motivational interviewing to help people clarify goals and make changes. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help manage stress and overwhelm.

Stefanie trained in social work at the University of Denver and holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina, listed as LCSW. Her background includes diverse settings, including work with foster care, adoption, and military-connected clients.

People seeking help for women’s issues may find her perspective useful because she routinely addresses parenting, family of origin concerns, and identity-related stress. Sessions are conversational and focused on clear steps forward. Many clients appreciate a mix of short-term problem solving and deeper trauma work.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Attachment-based work centers on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand connection and trust issues and improves how they relate to others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing day-to-day stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. Over time they adjust the plan based on what helps most, combining attachment ideas, CBT, EMDR or mindfulness where appropriate.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well for deeper conversations and EMDR-style trauma work that uses visual tracking, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text allows quick check-ins, brief coaching, or support between longer appointments. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or parenting demands.