Her undergraduate career was at Cleveland State University where she obtained her Bachelors in Psychology in 2013. Heidi Buckingham Summers received her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from The University of Akron in 2016. Shea provides a safe/comfortable environment where you can collaborate together and work on growth/healing. While understanding growth/change is often uncomfortable, it is necessary for achieving insight, self-improvement, and systemic change.
Shea has an empathetic, analytical, and direct therapeutic style and often utilizes Structural, Experiential, IFS, Object Relations Family Therapy, and person-centered techniques. Shea's areas of specialties include treating marriage/couples, trauma, difficult life transitions, insecurities, depression, and anxiety. Shea is also very passionate about Internal Family Systems work and is IFS-informed. Shea is trained in systems theory, EMDR, OCD/Panic Disorder, and TF-CBT.
Shea is an Independent Marriage and Family Therapist (AAMFT Approved Supervisor Candidate) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervision designation. Shea graduated from a dually accredited Master's program for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling from The University of Akron.
