Dr. Sommer Garrett, LPC

Dr. Sommer Garrett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of clinical experience. She frames counseling as a respectful, held space where people can share the parts of their story that hurt and the parts they are proud of. Her work often centers on lifting toxic guilt and shame so people can see what happened to them and how they learned to cope.

She brings a warm, collaborative style to sessions and sometimes uses less traditional methods when helpful. Conversations are practical and focused on identifying what keeps someone stuck. She also draws on techniques that reduce anxiety and strengthen self-worth and attachment.

Dr. Garrett has provided trauma-focused counseling and education internationally in Kenya, Uganda, and Ukraine. Those experiences inform her belief that people across cultures seek connection, acceptance, and a sense of wholeness. This background influences how she listens and adapts interventions to fit each person’s story.

Her approach mixes attachment-based ideas, client-centered care, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, and narrative methods. In sessions she may use guided imagery, creative expression, and trauma-focused strategies to help people process experiences that are hard to name.

People who come to her often want help with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, addiction-related issues, and big life transitions such as career change or coping with loss. She aims to help clients recognize strengths, loosen the hold of shame, and move toward greater connection and ease.

How her approach shapes online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current bonds and trust. It helps people understand patterns that show up in relationships and rebuild safer ways of connecting.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people find solutions that fit their life and values.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It offers practical tools to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision can shift as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible to access a therapist who has experience with trauma, shame, and midlife transitions even if you live far from their office.