- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Stefanie
Stefanie Summers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twenty years of clinical experience. She focuses on parenting concerns along with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, and relationship and intimacy challenges. Stefanie brings a direct and compassionate style to sessions and aims to make therapy practical and approachable for busy parents.
Her background combines work in civilian and military settings and with people facing homelessness, severe mental illness, and trauma.
Background and approach
She has also supported people connected to foster care and adoption. That range shaped a flexible, pragmatic approach to common life strains and crisis moments. In session she uses clear, evidence-informed tools to address thinking patterns and behavior, and she pairs those with mindful practices to reduce reactivity.
Stefanie also uses attachment-focused ideas to improve communication and closeness between people. Together these methods help with parenting struggles, coping with change, and healing after loss or abuse. Stefanie holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 2008 in North Carolina.
She also practices forms of energy work alongside psychotherapy as part of an integrative approach. Her manner is straightforward and goal-oriented while remaining sensitive to emotional needs. Parents who want concrete steps for calmer family routines, clearer communication, or help processing trauma may find her approach useful.
What Stefanie works with
Everything Stefanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Stefanie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stefanie lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships. Stefanie uses this to help parents notice interaction patterns and build more attuned responding with their children. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches clear tools for changing unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress that affect parenting. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-focused approach that can help reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic memories when those memories affect daily functioning or parenting.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Stefanie will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and personal preferences, then suggest methods to try and adjust as work progresses. That shared decision-making helps match practical techniques to what feels manageable for the parent.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper skill work and eye contact, phone sessions can fit into a short break or be used when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat allow quick check-ins and step-by-step coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while balancing parenting schedules and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Stefanie
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people with parenting challenges and related stressors, plus anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship or intimacy issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct and practical, aiming to set clear goals and teach skills parents can use day to day.
What is her professional background?
She has twenty years of clinical practice that includes civilian and military work and experience with trauma, foster care, and homelessness.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on therapist availability.
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