Dr. Sommer Garrett

Dr. Sommer Garrett is a Licensed Professional Counselor with nine years of clinical experience. She frames counseling as a trusted space where people can bring the parts of their story that hurt, the parts they hide, and the parts they are proud of. She focuses on helping people who feel weighed down by guilt and shame and who want clearer ways to move forward.

Dr. Garrett has worked beyond the United States, providing trauma-focused counseling and education in Kenya, Uganda, and Ukraine. Those experiences shaped her view that people across cultures share a common wish to be known, accepted, and connected. She brings that perspective to her South Carolina practice.

Her style is warm, collaborative, and sometimes a little unconventional. She listens closely and also uses practical tools when they fit. This may include guided imagery, creative expression, and trauma-focused techniques to reduce anxiety and stress.

In sessions she helps people notice how past experiences shaped current patterns. The work emphasizes slowing down, naming what’s happening, and testing new ways of coping. She aims to help clients build self-worth and loosen the hold of guilt, shame, and fear.

People who want both listening and active strategies may find her approach useful. She invites clients to explore strengths that carried them this far and to try different ways of relating to themselves and others.

Online approaches that emphasize connection and coping

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and feelings. It helps people notice patterns in attachments, understand emotional responses, and practice new ways of relating to others and themselves.

Client-Centered Therapy centers on being heard without judgment. It relies on empathy and collaboration so people can explore their story at their own pace and find their own solutions to stress, shame, or relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It uses simple, practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits that keep people stuck.

Finding the right approach is often a process. The therapist will work together with each person to match methods to the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as needed.

Many people find online therapy helps fit counseling into busy lives by reducing travel and making scheduling easier. Online work can make it simpler to add brief check-ins around work or family obligations, use screen-based resources during sessions, or continue care when travel would otherwise interrupt progress. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, please confirm current online options before booking so the arrangements match your needs.