Stefanie Summers

Stefanie Summers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of clinical practice. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, and coping with life changes. Stefanie also helps with relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, career stress, anger, and self-esteem challenges.

Her background includes civilian and military clinical settings and work with people who experienced homelessness, severe mental illness, foster care and adoption, and combat-related trauma. Stefanie uses a mix of clinical and holistic tools to tailor care to each person’s needs. She describes her approach as strengths-based and integrative, blending talk therapy with experiential techniques.

Stefanie trained at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver. She became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 2008 and has spent two decades in psychotherapy practice. Her training also includes nonclinical energy healing methods that she integrates when it fits a person’s goals.

In sessions she focuses on practical change - understanding patterns, building new skills, and managing symptoms day to day. She uses methods from attachment work, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, EMDR, and motivational interviewing to help people move forward. Stefanie aims to make therapy clear, respectful, and goal oriented.

She practices in North Carolina and conducts sessions in English. If you are considering therapy, she asks that you select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to her availability.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape patterns today. It looks at connection, trust, and safety in relationships and helps people rewrite unhelpful patterns in how they relate to others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, centers on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practicing specific skills to change them. It suits anxiety, depression, stress, and everyday coping struggles. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused approach that helps process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact when appropriate.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to clarify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan over time. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques to prioritize and when to shift strategies.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing appointments from more convenient locations. It can also allow shorter check-ins when people need quick support, or sessions that better match a person's schedule. Because formats are not listed in the profile, confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions will be scheduled and delivered.