Summer Batini

Summer Batini is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with seven years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, compassion fatigue, parenting challenges, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and questions around life purpose. Summer offers evening and weekend sessions to fit into busy schedules. She uses practical, evidence-informed approaches and focuses on what helps people cope day to day. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Clients can expect to talk through what is happening now, try skills for managing intense feelings, and build routines that reduce overwhelm. Summer draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small actions that align with what matters to them. She uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings feel overwhelming. Motivational Interviewing supports people who are facing change or struggling with addictive behaviors. Her work also includes client-centered and mindfulness-based practices to slow down rumination and notice patterns that get in the way. Summer pays attention to attachment, abandonment, and body image concerns when those themes are present. She can help people dealing with co-occurring issues such as eating-related problems, codependency, or divorce-related stress. Summer has experience with first responder issues and veterans, and she is used to working with people who carry high levels of stress from work or life transitions. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session that fits their schedule.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small, values-based steps even when feelings are difficult. It is useful for someone wrestling with life purpose, chronic worry, or major transitions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills can be practiced between sessions and applied to relationship and work stresses. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method to explore ambivalence and support change when people are unsure about next steps or struggling with addictive behaviors.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Summer will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying skills, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as needed rather than committing to a single method from the start.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and avoid travel time. Therapists can coach skills remotely, review between-session practice, and help people put new routines into daily life so changes are easier to sustain.