About Sommer
Dr. Sommer Garrett is a licensed professional counselor with nine years of clinical experience. She approaches therapy as a trusted space for people to share the parts of their story that hurt and the parts they hide.
She focuses on reducing toxic guilt and shame and on helping people see how past events shaped their coping, not their worth. Her work includes trauma-focused counseling both in the United States and abroad, including projects in Kenya, Uganda, and Ukraine.
Background and approach
Those experiences inform how she listens across different cultural backgrounds and how she helps people reconnect with a sense of belonging. She aims to help people feel known and accepted while they do hard emotional work. She uses a warm, collaborative style and often mixes talk with creative tools.
Clients may be invited to try guided imagery, mindfulness exercises, narrative work, or interventions drawn from cognitive behavioral ideas to lower anxiety and stress. Her approach is practical and flexible - she will try methods that fit each person's needs. Dr.
Garrett pays close attention to attachment and relationships when these issues matter to the concern at hand. She also supports people dealing with grief, addiction, parenting strain, career stress, and life changes. The goal is to identify sticking points, build on existing strengths, and reduce shame and fear.
She welcomes people who want direct, steady support and who are ready to work collaboratively to change patterns that no longer serve them.
Approaches that guide online therapy conversations
Attachment-based work looks at how close relationships shape how people feel and cope. It helps when patterns from early relationships make current connections feel unsafe or confusing. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting what a person says so they can find their own solutions and build self-worth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, examines unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to lower anxiety and change patterns that cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Dr. Garrett collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She may combine talking with guided imagery, mindfulness practice, or narrative tools until something helps reduce shame, anxiety, or stuck patterns.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find that remote work helps fit therapy into busy days, makes scheduling easier, and allows focused check-ins without travel. Online sessions can also let people try creative exercises or mindfulness work from a familiar setting, and they can make it simpler to maintain continuity when life is changing.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English