Warm | Engaged | Practical
Welcome! I’m glad you’re here.
My approach is integrative and relational, grounded in progressive values. I practice from an affirming lens, recognizing that what we often label as 'symptoms' can be meaningful responses to trauma, systemic oppression, or environments that weren’t built with your needs in mind. Together, we’ll explore ways to align your life with your unique wiring and values, while gently challenging patterns that may no longer serve you. I also believe laughter can be healing, so we’ll make space for lightness as well as deeper work.
I have experience supporting teens, young adults, and adults through trauma recovery, identity exploration, and major life transitions. My graduate training included working with teens who recently survived trauma, college students navigating independence, and older adults in long-term therapy groups. After graduate school, I worked in a military clinic supporting service members with gender identity and substance use concerns, as well as in a structured outpatient program supporting teens, adults, and their families.
I offer evening and weekend telehealth appointments so you can fit therapy into your life, not the other way around. You don’t have to have it all figured out before starting! Schedule a free 15-minute consultation, and we’ll build a plan together.
John Summers
LMHC (Washington)