About Summer

Summer Verhines, LCSW

If you’re exhausted from carrying trauma that won't let go, or tired of therapy that feels like talking in circles without real change, you've found the right place.

I’m Summer Verhines, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in helping people heal from trauma, not just talk about it forever.

My approach is different: I use specific techniques that help your brain and body release what they've been holding onto, often in months rather than years.

How I Work Differently

Instead of asking "how does that make you feel?" week after week, I use specialized methods that actively help your brain reprocess difficult memories and experiences:

• EMDR, ART, and Brainspotting use eye movements or focused attention to help traumatic memories lose their grip on you. It sounds unusual, but it works. These techniques help your brain file away difficult experiences in the past, where they belong.

• ACT helps you stop fighting with painful thoughts and feelings, teaching you practical ways to live meaningfully even when life is hard.

• I also address how trauma shows up in your body; the tension, anxiety, or numbness that talking by itself can’t always express.