Ronena Summers, LMFT
California · 15 years in practice
Ronena Summers is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of hands-on experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 108740 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1164890356 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ronena
Ronena Summers is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of hands-on experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the lasting effects of trauma and abuse. She creates a straightforward space where clients can speak openly about what’s worrying them and figure out next steps together.
Her work often centers on relationship and family concerns. She helps people talk through communication problems, blended family tensions, and issues tied to separation or infidelity.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, aging concerns, and end-of-life questions. Ronena draws on approaches that help people connect feelings to behavior. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to clarify emotional patterns in relationships, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people act in line with their values despite painful thoughts.
She also applies attachment-focused ideas to strengthen how people relate to others. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. Ronena listens first to understand, then offers tools and small experiments clients can try between sessions.
She helps people notice unhelpful patterns and practice kinder ways of responding to themselves and others. People who come to her often want clearer communication, relief from persistent worry, or a calmer way to handle family stress. She supports them in setting realistic steps and tracking progress in everyday life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ronena lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Ronena names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How these approaches work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name core emotions that shape how they relate to others. Online sessions let a therapist and client look at patterns together and practice new ways of responding during conversations. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and committing to actions that match those values even when thoughts are painful. In video or messaging formats, a therapist can guide short exercises and value-based planning that fit into daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early connection styles affect current relationships and helps people try new interaction patterns to feel more supported.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate to choose methods that match goals and preferences. That might mean starting with emotion-focused work to understand a relationship pattern, then adding ACT skills to manage anxiety between sessions. The plan can be adjusted as the client notices what helps.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging enable brief check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity when life gets disruptive.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Ronena help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship or family concerns including communication problems and infidelity.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is open and direct. She listens first, then offers practical tools and small exercises to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working with people on mood, trauma, and relationship issues.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds an LMFT credential and is licensed in California.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.
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