With more than three decades of teaching, counseling and coaching experience, Dr. Summers has a passion to help others experience transformation, live free in Christ, and flourish in the present. She believes that relationships and past experiences don’t have to define us, but rather can be used by God to help transform us into the person we were created to be. Dr. Summers received her doctorate from Fuller Theological Seminary and her dissertation intersects Interpersonal Neurobiology and Romans 12:2 (transformation). A curious and perpetual student, she continued her formal studies on the mind/brain connection at Johns Hopkins University and University of Oxford. She went on to pursue a second doctorate at Regent University, in Psychology and Counseling with a concentration on psychotraumatology. Here dissertation covered the psychological sequelae of trauma from religious/spiritual abuse with intervention treatment modality recommendations. This work can be found on Google Scholar or ProQuest. She is a wife, mother to three adult sons, and the Oma of three granddaughters. She is also an avid athlete, musician, admits to buying more books than she reads, and is always ready to climb any mountain and follow every dream.

Are personal and relational conflicts draining? Do relationship struggles interfere with day-to-day function? People struggling in this regard have either lost a sense of themselves, or possibly have never had a significant understanding of who God created them to be. Understanding attachment history and our identity in Christ are pivotal to living in peace, love, joy, and harmony of relationships. Our approach creates a safe space to come as you are, be real, heal, and transform.

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