Summer Ratliff, LICSW

Summer Ratliff is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Minnesota with ten years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with mood disorders and attention differences, and she has an established focus on codependency and related relationship patterns such as people-pleasing or trouble setting boundaries.

She helps people who feel stuck by past hurts or family dynamics. That includes abandonment patterns, attachment struggles, and the fallout from trauma or abuse. She also supports people working through substance use, self-harm, or behaviors that feel out of control.

In sessions she listens and asks direct questions to clarify what matters most to each person. The work is collaborative: she and the client set goals and try approaches that fit the client’s life and values. She is comfortable addressing concerns that touch on faith or secular perspectives.

Her practice often focuses on improving communication, repairing family-of-origin wounds, and rebuilding a sense of self after long-term caretaking or codependent patterns. She helps people notice recurring patterns and practice different ways of responding to others.

Summer describes her style as person-centered and straightforward. She aims to be respectful and nonjudgmental while helping clients test new behaviors between sessions. If someone wants to explore whether therapy could help with people-pleasing, boundary-setting, or mood and attention concerns, she guides the initial steps and practical next moves.

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