Dr. Sommer Garrett, LPC

Dr. Sommer Garrett is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in South Carolina with nine years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and relationship and parenting concerns. She also works with addiction, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and career or identity questions. Sessions address problems like shame, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

Garrett pays attention to how past experiences shape current behavior. She describes shame as a force that makes people feel flawed instead of helping them see how they adapted to survive. In sessions she talks through what has kept someone stuck and looks for practical ways to shift habits and thoughts that cause distress.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with attachment-focused and client-centered ideas. She may use mindfulness, narrative techniques, and trauma-focused strategies when they fit the work. Garrett sometimes adds guided imagery, creative expression, or bilateral stimulation to help reduce anxiety and make difficult memories easier to talk about.

She has provided trauma-focused counseling and education outside the United States, including work in Kenya, Uganda, and Ukraine. Those experiences influence how she addresses culture, context, and connection in therapy.

In practical terms, Garrett focuses on recognizing unhelpful thoughts, testing new responses, and strengthening relationships and self-worth. She frames therapy as collaborative and often suggests concrete experiments between sessions. The aim is to loosen the hold of guilt, shame, and fear so people can move forward.

How her approaches translate to online work