Stefanie Summers, LCSW

Stefanie Summers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina with 20 years of clinical practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, parenting, and related struggles that affect life at home.

She works in a direct, practical way. Sessions often center on identifying patterns that keep problems repeating at home. Stefanie uses approaches such as attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral techniques, EMDR, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help people notice what gets in the way and try different responses.

Her background includes long-term clinical roles with civilians and military service members. That work exposed her to a range of issues, from severe mental illness and homelessness to adoption and foster care experiences. These roles shaped how she looks at family origins and relationship patterns when addressing present problems.

Stefanie trained in social work at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and completed a Master’s Degree in Social Work at the University of Denver. She holds an LCSW credential issued in North Carolina. Her clinical work has included therapy and integrative practices over two decades.

In sessions she pays attention to concrete changes people can try between meetings. That may mean practicing new ways to communicate with a partner, testing coping steps for parenting stress, or using brief mindfulness exercises for anxiety. She also draws on trauma-focused methods when past hurt is getting in the way of current relationships.

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