About Natalie
Natalie Summit helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and depression. She also supports concerns around relationships, parenting, grief, self-esteem, career changes, and ADHD. Natalie is an LPC and holds the LCMHC credential, and she has 29 years of experience working in mental health in Arizona.
She began in community mental health and later spent two decades as a mental health professional attached to a local law enforcement agency. That work included crisis intervention and responding to difficult incidents.
Background and approach
Those years shaped her belief that people are resilient and that being heard matters. Natalie uses a mix of practical approaches in sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and acceptance-based methods to help clients commit to meaningful action.
She also uses client-centered and mindfulness practices to slow things down and ground conversations. Her work often addresses complex situations such as addiction, domestic violence, sexual assault, and loss. Natalie pays close attention to safety, respect, and building trust before moving into deeper material.
She looks for concrete steps people can try between sessions to test what helps. Natalie has a particular interest in first responder issues and understands the strains those roles can create. She offers telehealth appointments by video, phone, chat, or messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
If someone wants help sorting goals and next steps, she invites questions and a short conversation to see if the match feels right.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, life changes, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going and testing new ways of responding; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and mood regulation. Client-Centered Therapy creates a supportive space where the therapist listens without judgment and follows the client’s lead to build insight and self-direction.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Natalie collaborates with each person to decide which methods feel most useful. She combines approaches when helpful and adjusts the focus based on goals, progress, and personal preferences so the plan reflects the client's needs.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or irregular schedules while keeping the same therapeutic aims.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Utah, Washington
- Languages
- English