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Dr. Sommer Garrett, LPC

  • Experience9 years
  • LocationSouth Carolina
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Sommer

Dr. Sommer Garrett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who frames therapy as a trusted space for personal stories.

Background and approach

She focuses on helping people weighed down by guilt and shame. Her style is warm and collaborative, and she aims to help clients feel more connected and whole.

Garrett often helps people name how their past shaped them instead of letting those experiences define them. She listens for the survival strategies that developed around pain and works to loosen their hold.

Her sessions mix straightforward conversation with experiential tools when useful. Her background includes nine years of counseling experience and work beyond the United States, providing trauma-focused counseling and education in Kenya, Uganda, and Ukraine.

Those experiences inform her sensitivity to cultural differences and to how people carry grief and trauma. Practically, Garrett uses a blend of approaches to reduce anxiety and strengthen self-worth.

She may draw on Internal Family Systems ideas, attachment-focused work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness tools. She also uses guided imagery, creative expression, and trauma-focused methods when they fit the client's needs.

Her approach is flexible and sometimes unconventional - she often says, "It's weird until it works." Sessions are collaborative; she helps clients spot strengths and practice ways to move through fear, shame, and stuck patterns.

The goal is clearer self-understanding and more reliable emotional steadiness.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Internal Family Systems ideas treat the mind as having different parts that hold feelings and beliefs; this helps people understand inner conflicts and reduce shame. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships influence current closeness and trust, which can be useful for relationship and intimacy concerns. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's perspective, offering empathy and acceptance as a foundation for change.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and together you will try methods that match those needs. It may take a few sessions to find the best mix of conversation and experiential work.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins on a work break. It also makes accessing a therapist in South Carolina possible from other places, including international locations, when scheduling permits. Licensed professionals use these options to help clients practice skills, try new ways of relating, and keep momentum between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Dr. Garrett address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related areas such as abandonment and family of origin issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, collaborative, and sometimes unconventional. She combines talking with practical tools like guided imagery, creative expression, and mindfulness to reduce anxiety and build self-worth.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of counseling experience, including work providing trauma-focused counseling and education overseas in Kenya, Uganda, and Ukraine.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with licensure in South Carolina and practices from that region.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Sexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

9+ years

Licensed

South Carolina

Languages

English