Stefanie Summers , LCSW

Stefanie Summers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of combined civilian and military clinical practice. She integrates traditional psychotherapy with energy healing techniques, drawing on credentials that include LCSW, Level 1 Integral Sound Healer, and certified Reiki Master practitioner to offer an eclectic, strengths-based approach to care.

Her experience spans work with people experiencing homelessness, adults and teens with severe mental illness or emotional disturbance, service members coping with combat and war-related issues, children involved in foster care and adoption, and survivors of abuse and trauma. This varied clinical background informs a holistic practice that blends integrative behavioral health strategies with sound-based and energy healing modalities to address trauma, relationship challenges, stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, and other life transitions.

Stefanie completed a Bachelor of Social Work at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1997 and a Master of Social Work at the University of Denver in 2001. She became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 2008 and has continued to practice psychotherapy alongside energy healing methods. Her training and multidisciplinary experience support a practice aimed at helping people move toward greater resilience, relational repair, and emotional regulation.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Stefanie Summers draws from attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral therapy, and EMDR to guide online sessions in ways that address relationships, patterns, and trauma. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds influence current relationships and emotional responses, helping clients explore connection, trust, and intimacy issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress, offering practical tools for coping and problem solving. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-informed approach that works with distressing memories and their emotional impact, supporting processing and symptom relief.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Stefanie works collaboratively with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences, combining or adjusting techniques as progress and circumstances indicate. This collaborative exploration helps clarify which modalities fit best for relationship repair, trauma recovery, or coping with life changes.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide flexibility and greater access to care. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, and location constraints, and allow clients to continue steady therapeutic work with licensed professionals from a distance when needed.