Natalie Summit

Natalie Summit is a licensed counselor with nearly three decades of experience. She focuses on concerns like stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, anger, depression, and issues related to relationships and family. Natalie speaks plainly in sessions and aims to help people feel heard and find practical ways to cope.

She began in community mental health and later spent 20 years as a mental health professional working alongside law enforcement before retiring from that role in 2019. Those years shaped her approach to crisis intervention and to working through high-stress situations. Natalie has supported people through addiction, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other serious losses and traumas.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens first, then offers tools drawn from approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Sessions focus on building trust, identifying goals, and practicing skills that can be used between meetings.

Natalie has experience helping people facing first responder issues, compassion fatigue, grief, and life changes. She highlights resilience and a readiness to change as useful starting points. Her goal is to help clients find clear next steps and regain a sense of control.

She provides telehealth counseling and asks prospective clients to start by completing a short matching questionnaire. Natalie welcomes questions and aims to create an atmosphere of respect and cultural awareness as people work toward their goals.

Therapeutic approaches for online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small, value-driven steps. It is useful for anxiety, anger, and life changes where building consistent actions matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world behavior changes. It often helps with depression, anxiety, and coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and practical skills for intense feelings and relationship challenges.

Natalie treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She talks with clients about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they try methods that match the client's needs and adjust over time if something is not working.

The biography notes telehealth counseling as part of her practice. Please confirm which session formats are currently available before you book. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow for shorter check-ins when a brief touchpoint is needed. Licensed professionals can often use online work to practice skills between sessions and to support steady progress without major schedule disruption.