Natalie Summit, LPC, LCMHC - Therapist in Arizona

About Natalie

Natalie Summit is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, relationship problems, parenting challenges, and grief. She brings nearly three decades of clinical experience to conversations about mood, coping with life changes, ADHD, and self-esteem. Natalie practices in Arizona and provides sessions in English via several online formats.

Her background includes long service in community mental health and a 20-year career as a mental health professional attached to a local law enforcement agency.

Background and approach

Those years involved crisis intervention and responding to complex situations such as domestic violence, sexual assault, substance use, and traumatic loss. Natalie says she learned how important listening and respect are when people are ready to change. In sessions she blends practical strategies with a person-centered stance.

She uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside mindfulness and strengths-based ideas. Sessions focus on clear skills, new ways of thinking, and small steps a person can try between meetings. Natalie also integrates relationship-focused work informed by the Gottman Method when communication and connection are the issue.

She aims to support people sorting through separation, communication breakdowns, and family stress without heavy clinical jargon. Her style is straightforward and solution-minded. Telehealth is offered through video, phone, live chat, and text messaging, with a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Natalie welcomes questions from people who want practical tools and steady guidance through hard moments.

Therapeutic approaches in online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and times of life transition. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through specific exercises and practice; it is often used for depression, anxiety, and coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when emotions feel overwhelming, which can help with anger, mood challenges, and relationship stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what makes sense for the individual's life and family concerns.

Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make regular care easier to fit into daily life. These options allow flexible scheduling, shorter check-ins, and follow-up between sessions when useful. For people balancing work, family, or other responsibilities, remote sessions can reduce travel and make consistent support more attainable.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

Natalie supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and related issues like ADHD and self-esteem.

What is her therapeutic style?

She combines a warm, person-centered approach with practical skills training. Sessions aim to be direct, respectful, and focused on workable steps.

How much experience does she have?

She has been a licensed professional counselor since 1996, bringing 29 years of experience in community mental health and law enforcement mental health work.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is an LPC (Arizona LPC 1671) and an LCMHC (Utah LCMHC 11817045-6004) and practices from Arizona.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 29 years
Licensed: Arizona, Utah, Washington
Languages: English

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