About Summyr
Summyr Harris is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in California who focuses on stress and anxiety. She also helps people with relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, and depression. Her manner is calm and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel heard quickly.
She creates space for honest conversation without judgment. Summyr builds sessions around what each person needs in the moment. She listens to personal history and current struggles to find practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through reactions, practicing new ways to cope, and setting small goals to test between meetings. Her work draws on several approaches that match different needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot and change unhelpful thought patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills may be taught to manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity. She also uses client-centered techniques to follow a person’s lead and solution-focused methods to identify concrete next steps. Psychodynamic ideas help make sense of repeating patterns that cause pain in relationships or self-image.
With eight years of experience in clinical work, Summyr aims to support people through real-world changes. She guides short- and longer-term plans and adjusts the pace to what feels manageable for each person.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Summyr commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address anxiety and strong emotions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and shifting them into more balanced thinking, which can reduce anxious reactions and improve mood. DBT offers practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings run high.She also uses client-centered techniques to keep the work grounded in each person’s priorities. That means the therapist listens closely and adapts methods to fit what the client says works for them. Deciding which approach to use is collaborative and may shift as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read body language and have a fuller conversation, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or when a shorter touchpoint fits a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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