Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Stefanie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Stefanie
Stefanie Summers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, grief, trauma, parenting strain, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Her approach aims to make hard moments easier to manage and to build clearer ways of responding to strong emotions.
She draws on practical, down-to-earth methods in sessions. Stefanie often uses attachment ideas to look at patterns formed in relationships and cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Background and approach
She also uses EMDR and mindfulness tools when trauma or strong emotional memories are involved. Stefanie's background includes long experience in civilian and military clinical settings, and work with people affected by homelessness, serious mental illness, foster care or adoption histories, and combat-related stress. That variety shapes a flexible style that adjusts to each person's situation.
She emphasizes strengths people already have and builds skills to handle current problems. In sessions she moves between teaching skills, talking through difficult events, and guided practices that reduce reactivity. Stefanie aims to help people see patterns, practice new responses, and manage intense feelings more safely.
She also offers practical coaching around life changes and career stress. Stefanie holds a Master of Social Work and is licensed as an LCSW in North Carolina. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What Stefanie works with
Everything Stefanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Stefanie's practice.
- 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 well to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current reactions. Online sessions use conversations and exercises to identify those patterns and practice new ways of connecting and responding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them. CBT works well over video or phone because it uses short exercises and homework to change thinking and behavior between sessions.Stefanie will work collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. She listens to your goals and preferences, then suggests methods to try. That plan can shift as you learn what helps most, with regular check-ins to adapt strategies and pace together.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging gives practical flexibility. Video allows face-to-face interaction for teaching and guided practices. Phone sessions can be easier on low bandwidth days or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging allow quick check-ins, short coaching, or continued skill practice between longer appointments. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily constraints.
Questions people ask about Stefanie
What kinds of concerns does Stefanie help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, trauma and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Parenting challenges, career stress, ADHD-related struggles, and compassion fatigue are also areas she addresses.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and down-to-earth with a focus on skills practice and understanding patterns. Sessions mix talking, teaching coping tools, and guided exercises to reduce reactivity and improve relationships.
What relevant experience does she bring?
She has 20 years of clinical practice, including work in civilian and military settings and with people affected by homelessness, serious mental illness, foster care or adoption, and combat-related issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in North Carolina. Her training includes a Master of Social Work degree.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.