Summer Von Stein, LCSW

Licensed in Virginia · 5 years in practice

Summer Von Stein offers calm, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or major life changes.

License and registration

LCSW, Virginia: 0904008447 · expires June 2026
NPI: 1396517298 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 5
Languages: English

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About Summer

Summer Von Stein offers calm, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or major life changes. She focuses on clear steps clients can use now to feel steadier and communicate more effectively. Summer is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, based in Virginia and works with adults on everyday and deeper concerns.

She uses straightforward talk therapy grounded in respect for each person's story. That means listening first, then working together on goals that feel useful and realistic.

Background and approach

Sessions often include skill building for coping, mood management, and improving how people relate to others. Summer draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive space where people set the pace. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes.

These approaches are chosen to match what each person needs right now. Her background includes five years of clinical experience supporting people through relationship strain, parenting stress, divorce and separation, and caregiver burden. She also helps with attachment issues, body image concerns, grief, and post-traumatic stress.

Clients can expect a thoughtful, steady presence during sessions and concrete tools to practice between meetings. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s readiness for change.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Summer names

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Online support

Approaches and online care that fit your life

Summer uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a listening space where clients guide the pace and focus of sessions. This approach helps people who need understanding, acceptance, and a chance to sort through feelings before taking action. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills for managing anxiety, mood, and unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Summer talks with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they try methods that match the client’s needs and adjust the plan over time based on what feels most useful.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and real-time skills practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can help with short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders and brief processing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting strain, and navigating life changes, plus related issues like attachment, body image, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress.

What is her therapeutic style?

She blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to listen closely and then introduce practical tools for changing thoughts and behaviors.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has five years of clinical experience working with adults on emotional and relational concerns.

What are her credentials and location?

She is a Virginia licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, and her practice is based in Virginia.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

Which session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

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

What are the steps to begin working together?

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