About

My name is Summer Danner, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and psychotherapist based in Houston, Texas. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, and maintain a private practice in the Montrose neighborhood.

Following my graduate training, and prior to opening my private practice, I worked in residential, intensive outpatient, and group practice settings, treating adults with a range of concerns, including personality and relational difficulties, trauma, substance use, and mood and anxiety disorders.

I also completed a two-year advanced training program in Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston, where I am currently a Candidate in Adult Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic training is an intensive, multi-year process involving advanced study of theory, ongoing supervision, and the candidate’s own personal analysis. Alongside this, I remain engaged in ongoing study through continuing education and consultation.

Affiliations

• The Center for Psychoanalytic Studies— Candidate in Adult Psychoanalysis; Graduate, Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program

• Houston Psychoanalytic Society— Member; Former Board Member; Former Co-Chair, Film Committee

Publications

• Frueh, B. C., Madan, A., Fowler, J. C., Stomberg, S., Bradshaw, M., Kelly, K., Weinstein, B., Luttrell, M., Danner, S. G., & Beidel, D. C. (2020). “Operator syndrome”: A unique constellation of medical and behavioral health-care needs of Military Special Operation Forces. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 55(4), 281–295.

• Frueh BC, Danner SG, Madan A, Weinstein B, Newlin E, Taylor L, Fowler JC. (2019). The role of systemic inflammation in major depressive disorder and implications for novel treatment approaches. Journal of Affective Disorders 2019; 254:139-140.