Summyr Harris, LPCC

Summyr Harris is a California-licensed counselor (LPCC) with eight years of experience supporting people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, and depression. She focuses on helping individuals feel heard and understood while they take steps toward change. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at practical progress in day-to-day life.

She creates an open, nonjudgmental space so clients can talk about difficult feelings and memories. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Summyr aims to help people recognize patterns that keep them stuck and to develop clearer ways of responding to stress and conflict.

Her work draws on several approaches, including client-centered methods that emphasize the person’s experience, cognitive behavioral techniques that address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and skills-based elements from dialectical behavior therapy for managing intense emotions. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships shape current struggles and solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals.

Summyr pays particular attention to caregiver stress, attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and codependency issues, and the aftermath of domestic violence or separation. She helps with body image, guilt and shame, dissociation, and related concerns that often come with trauma.

People who choose her work alongside their therapist can expect straightforward language, a focus on practical skills, and support while they try new ways of coping and relating.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what she hears, and helps people feel more seen and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches tools to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by offering concrete exercises and small experiments. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, brings skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness; these skills can be useful for anger, relationship struggles, and emotional overwhelm.

Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest what might fit best. If something isn’t working, you will revisit the plan together and try a different strategy that better matches your needs.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and let people attend from a quiet place that suits them. Some formats may also let sessions be shorter check-ins or focus on practicing specific skills between longer visits. Ask about available session types when you set up your first appointment.