Stefanie Summers, LCSW

Stefanie Summers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, NC LCSW, with 20 years of clinical practice. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and related challenges. Stefanie draws on a wide practice history including civilian and military clinical settings.

She uses a mix of approaches in session. Stefanie integrates attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also includes EMDR to address trauma symptoms and mindfulness exercises to improve moment-to-moment awareness.

Her background includes work with people facing homelessness, severe mental illness, and combat-related challenges. She has experience supporting adults and teens affected by foster care, adoption, abuse, and trauma. That history informs how she recognizes stress responses and safety concerns in sessions.

Sessions are practical and focused on what someone can do between meetings. Stefanie often combines talk-based strategies with paced exercises for breathing, attention, and symptom management. She also brings motivational interviewing techniques when people want concrete steps toward change.

People who come in for anger-related concerns will find a clinician who pays attention to triggers, patterns of escalation, and repair strategies. Stefanie helps people reduce reactive responses, improve communication, and rebuild trust after conflict. She encourages skill practice that fits into everyday life.

How Stefanie’s approaches translate to online work