- Stress and anxiety
- Family concerns
- Depression support
About Summer
Summer Richards is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 18 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or depression. She also supports those navigating family conflict, parenting challenges, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
She focuses on making the therapy room a place where thoughts and feelings can be spoken openly. Summer aims to reduce judgment and create a sense of safety so people can tackle hard topics. She emphasizes clear conversation and small, practical steps people can try between sessions.
Her background includes nearly two decades of work with individuals facing relationship strain, parenting stress, and the long shadow of past trauma. That experience informs how she notices patterns and offers concrete ways to change daily routines that worsen mood and anxiety.
Sessions typically include talking through recent struggles, identifying unhelpful patterns, and practicing alternative ways of responding. Summer pays attention to the ways guilt, shame, isolation, and communication problems affect daily life. She helps people break down big problems into manageable pieces.
People often begin therapy here because they want clearer communication, less reactivity, and more consistent coping skills. Summer encourages small experiments in daily life to test what works. She acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and offers steady support while people move at their own pace.
She focuses on making the therapy room a place where thoughts and feelings can be spoken openly. Summer aims to reduce judgment and create a sense of safety so people can tackle hard topics. She emphasizes clear conversation and small, practical steps people can try between sessions.
Her background includes nearly two decades of work with individuals facing relationship strain, parenting stress, and the long shadow of past trauma. That experience informs how she notices patterns and offers concrete ways to change daily routines that worsen mood and anxiety.
Sessions typically include talking through recent struggles, identifying unhelpful patterns, and practicing alternative ways of responding. Summer pays attention to the ways guilt, shame, isolation, and communication problems affect daily life. She helps people break down big problems into manageable pieces.
People often begin therapy here because they want clearer communication, less reactivity, and more consistent coping skills. Summer encourages small experiments in daily life to test what works. She acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and offers steady support while people move at their own pace.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.