Summer Burnett
Registered Psychotherapist"Therapy should feel practical, encouraging, and collaborative. We work together to take the mystery out of big emotions and give you real tools you can lean on every single day."
Approach
I bring a warm, grounded, and active approach to psychotherapy, with expertise working with kids, teens, and adults navigating OCD, ADHD, anxiety, and complex trauma. My background includes direct work supporting families, children, and neurodivergent individuals facing school stress, sensory overload, and behavioural hurdles.
Rather than relying on abstract conversations, I emphasize tangible, actionable tools. Together, we demystifiy why the brain gets stuck in panic or avoidance, empowering clients and parents with structured frameworks that build confidence both in session and at home.
Does This Sound Familiar?
Intrusive Thoughts & OCD
Caught in exhausting mental loops, catastrophic what-if questions, reassurance seeking, or rituals that steal your peace.
Trauma & Nervous System Overwhelm
Chronic hypervigilance, emotional numbing or suden reactivity, dissociation and people pleasing.
Child & Teen Overwhelm
Young people experiencing school avoidance, acute worry, intense meltdowns, or relational trauma without knowing how to reset.
What Working Together Looks Like
Sessions are structured, encouraging, and highly collaborative, combining behavioural change with emotional safety:
Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP): Concrete, evidence-based tools designed to stop compulsive cycles and reduce the grip of chronic anxiety.
Neurodiversity-Affirming ADHD Support: Externalizing overwhelm, building realistic daily scaffolding, and working with your natural brain wiring instead of fighting it.
Narrative Therapy: Exploring learned messaging to untangle past wounds and learrn how to write our own story.
Emotion Focused Therapy: Helping clients identify and reshape the rigid emotional responses underlying their distress and fostering secure, emotionally safe experiencecs.
In Her Element
Quiet, peaceful mornings, doing one of my hobbies!
Downtime Routine
Unwinding with a great book, movement, and connecting with loved ones.
Clinical Background & Training
Degrees & Core Registration
- Registered Psychotherapist, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
- Master of Arts in Psychotherapy and Spiritual Care, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Guelph
Certifications & Trainings
- Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Practitioner, ICEEFT
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Evergreen Certifications
- ACT and ERP for OCD, PESI
- Internal Family Systems Therapy Training for Trauma and Anxiety, PESI
- Professional Behavioural Management Training, PCMA
- Professional Crisis Intervention, Evergreen Certifications
Work with Our Practice Clinicians
While my individual roster is full, clinicians on our team have immediate openings. We work collaboratively under the same evidence-based, trauma-informed framework. We offer individual, relationship, and reduced-rate therapy options. Looking for a therapist that aligns with my style? Consider reaching out to Cassandra or Sophie on our team.