Summer Abbott, MA, LPMFT
If you want to move from loneliness to connection, from fear to vulnerability, or from emptiness to fulfillment, I can be a gentle guide to explore your struggles in an environment of safety and care. We can uncover, together, what type of growth will bring joy back to your life.
As we sift through multiple overlapping stories, therapy can help you identify what you need to focus on to grow. Parts of yourself you haven’t seen before can be loved and appreciated, and those pieces that are uncomfortable can be explored and understood. Together we can work on taking care of your precious inner life, we will create a space for healing. Through this healing, side effects may include a greater sense of self-confidence, a stronger sense of identity, or a life more deeply rooted in love.
It is my philosophy that we all contain the possibility of healing. We have inside us the keys for what we need to live a happy life. I bring unconditional encouragement and support to help you find a fresh perspective. Therapy can help you understand more deeply your needs and desires.
Clinical specialties:
- Trauma Informed Care
- Emotion tolerance, distress tolerance
- Self-actualization / individuation / overcoming codependency
- Life transitions
- Relationship issues / Marital conflict
- Infidelity
- Sex or intimacy issues
- Estrangement / Divorce
- Treatment Approaches:
- Relationship counseling
- Humanistic models
- Behavior based models, like Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Trauma- Informed Care
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- EFT (Tapping)
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
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