Summit Community Counseling

Summit Community Counseling Summit Community Counseling is an outpatient mental health provider that works with individuals and

Summit Community Counseling is a full service mental health practice which provides individual, couples, and family therapy as well as mental health and psychological testing and assessments for a wide variety of purposes and needs. What makes our agency unique is our ability to match clients and therapists to meet the specific needs of each individual as well as providing those services where they are needed. Not all clients can make it to an office so we also offer home based services where clients can receive the mental health services they need without having to leave their homes. We are very much client centered and focus on the needs of the client, working in a collaborative effort to help individual’s reach their highest potential. With the breadth of experiences and variety of training our therapists encompass, we are able to offer the best research based approach to address the issues at hand.

Finding Gratitude in the NowLife moves fast. So fast, in fact, that we often forget to look at the world right in front ...
11/21/2025

Finding Gratitude in the Now

Life moves fast. So fast, in fact, that we often forget to look at the world right in front of us.
We hurry from one moment to the next, carrying our worries with us like heavy bags. But sometimes, the greatest healing happens when we stop — just for a breath — and truly feel where we are.

Look around you for a moment.
There is beauty happening quietly: light falling through a window, the softness of air on your skin, the steady rhythm of your own heartbeat. These small, ordinary miracles are easy to overlook, yet they hold more power than we realize.

Gratitude isn’t only about the big things; often, it’s found in the stillness of now. When we give ourselves permission to pause, the present moment opens like a flower — gentle, honest, grounding. Reflection brings us wisdom, but presence brings us peace.

As this week ends, give yourself the gift of slowing down.
Take a deep breath. Appreciate something simple. Notice how your body softens when you stop rushing.
This moment — right here, right now — is yours.

A Thank You to the You That Got You HereThink back to who you were five years ago. Or five months ago. Or even last week...
11/19/2025

A Thank You to the You That Got You Here

Think back to who you were five years ago. Or five months ago. Or even last week. That version of you — tired, hopeful, hurting, trying — carried the weight of every moment that has led you to today. They made choices you’re proud of and choices you learned from. They survived things you didn’t think you would. They kept going on days you nearly gave up.

Today, offer them your gratitude.
Not because they did everything right, but because they kept moving. Because they protected you with the strength they had. Because they believed, even quietly, that life could become something more.

Reflection doesn’t need to be painful. Sometimes it can be an act of love. When we look back with gentleness, we begin to understand just how brave we’ve been. Thank your past self for enduring, for dreaming, for trying again — for getting you to a place where healing is possible.

You are not who you used to be. But you are here because of who you used to be. And that is something worth honoring.

11/17/2025

Learning to Thank Yourself

We spend so much of our lives giving — giving effort, giving love, giving our time and energy to everyone around us. But how often do we stop to whisper, “Thank you” to ourselves?

Today, take a moment to reflect on the quiet strength that has carried you. Not the big victories — though those matter — but the small ones: getting out of bed on a hard morning, choosing kindness when it wasn’t easy, showing up even when you felt like hiding. These moments are proof that you have never once given up on yourself.

Gratitude isn’t only about looking outward. It’s also about turning inward and recognizing the courage it took to get from where you were to where you are now. Reflection is a soft light that shows us not only what needs healing, but also what deserves celebrating.

As this new week begins, treat yourself gently. Offer yourself the same kindness you extend to others. You are worthy of appreciation — not someday, not when you “earn it,” but right now, exactly as you are.

Gratitude Grows in the Quiet MomentsWhen was the last time you paused — truly paused — to breathe? To listen to the soun...
11/14/2025

Gratitude Grows in the Quiet Moments

When was the last time you paused — truly paused — to breathe? To listen to the sound of your own heartbeat, to feel the world moving gently around you, to whisper “thank you” for no particular reason at all?

Gratitude doesn’t live in grand gestures or perfect days. It hides in the small pauses: the soft morning light, the warmth of tea between your hands, the peace that finds you when you stop running from yourself. Rest isn’t laziness. It’s how we remember who we are.

This week, we’ve celebrated courage, service, and kindness — now, we turn inward. Reflection allows us to see that every trial carried a lesson, every setback hid a seed of strength, and every quiet moment gave us space to heal.

So today, let the noise fade for a while. Take a walk without your phone. Sit in silence. Watch the light shift across your room. Let gratitude fill the spaces words cannot.

Healing doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it’s just a sigh — the deep breath that says, I made it through another week.

The Language of KindnessThere’s a language that needs no translation — it speaks through smiles, soft words, and simple ...
11/13/2025

The Language of Kindness

There’s a language that needs no translation — it speaks through smiles, soft words, and simple acts of care. It’s the language of kindness, and it changes everything it touches.

When you choose kindness, you remind someone that they matter. You remind yourself that love is still alive in this world. A small gesture — a message, a meal, a moment of listening — can ripple through lives you’ll never even see. You might never know whose day you saved by just being gentle, but kindness always finds its way back home.

This World Kindness Day, let’s choose to slow down and notice the hearts around us — the ones trying, hurting, and healing. Let’s replace quick judgment with curiosity, replace frustration with patience, and remember that kindness doesn’t mean pretending life is easy. It means offering light when things get hard.

Be the quiet miracle in someone’s day. Speak softly. Love loudly. And know that every time you act with kindness, the world shifts a little closer toward peace.

For Those Who Carry the Weight of PeaceToday, we pause to honor those who carried the weight of peace upon their shoulde...
11/11/2025

For Those Who Carry the Weight of Peace

Today, we pause to honor those who carried the weight of peace upon their shoulders.
Some returned home to parades and open arms. Others came back quietly, carrying memories they could never explain. But all gave something — time, youth, strength, or a piece of their heart — to protect the fragile beauty of life.

Gratitude is not enough, but it’s where healing begins.
When we say “thank you,” may we mean more than words. May we mean care, understanding, and the willingness to walk beside those who still wake in the middle of the night remembering the sound of loss. May we mean that no one should ever fight alone — not on the battlefield, and not within themselves.

This Veterans Day, let’s honor service with empathy, sacrifice with compassion, and silence with listening. Healing doesn’t erase the past; it transforms it into purpose.

To all who have served — and to the families who waited, worried, and wept — Summit Community Counseling sees you, honors you, and thanks you.

In the Space Between Storms, Gratitude GrowsGratitude is not about having everything together. It’s about noticing that—...
11/10/2025

In the Space Between Storms, Gratitude Grows

Gratitude is not about having everything together. It’s about noticing that—somehow—you’re still standing, still breathing, still finding reasons to believe.

Life rarely unfolds the way we expect. There are losses that shake us, changes that reshape us, and quiet moments when hope feels far away. But gratitude whispers through it all—it says, “Even here, there is light.” It lives in the soft smile of a stranger, in the warmth of morning light through the window, in the resilience that carried you through your hardest days.

When we start to look for these small miracles, our hearts begin to change. The same world feels different—not because it became easier, but because we began to see it with gentler eyes. Gratitude teaches us that healing doesn’t come from denying pain; it comes from finding beauty within it.

This week, as we begin a season of reflection, let us choose to slow down and notice the quiet goodness around us. Say thank you—to yourself, to those who walk beside you, to the moments that shaped you. Gratitude turns ordinary days into sacred ones and ordinary hearts into resilient ones.

You don’t have to feel grateful for everything. Just begin with one thing—and let that single light grow.

Gratitude isn’t just saying “thank you.”It’s feeling your heartbeat slow when the sunlight touches your skin.It’s rememb...
11/07/2025

Gratitude isn’t just saying “thank you.”
It’s feeling your heartbeat slow when the sunlight touches your skin.
It’s remembering that even through pain, you kept going.
It’s every small miracle you almost forgot to notice—
the laughter of someone you love,
the sound of rain on your window,
the warmth of a friend who stayed.

Gratitude transforms the ordinary into sacred.
It doesn’t erase the hardship; it gives it meaning.
It reminds us that every scar once held a story of survival,
and every breath is a quiet celebration of life continuing.

This week, don’t look for perfection.
Look for presence.
Because gratitude doesn’t live in grand gestures—
it lives in the gentle, everyday moments
that whisper: You are still here. You are still enough.

Gratitude as Medicine for the MindGratitude doesn’t ask you to pretend everything is perfect.It simply invites you to no...
11/05/2025

Gratitude as Medicine for the Mind

Gratitude doesn’t ask you to pretend everything is perfect.
It simply invites you to notice what’s still beautiful — even when life isn’t easy.

The warmth of sunlight through a window.
The kindness of a stranger.
The quiet resilience of your own heart — still beating, still believing.

When we begin to give thanks for the small things, the world begins to feel lighter. Gratitude isn’t denial; it’s alchemy — transforming pain into perspective and worry into wonder.

Today, give yourself the gift of reflection.
Write down three things that are holding you together — not what’s missing, but what remains.
Because even in the hardest seasons, gratitude whispers: You are still growing.

Finding Calm in GratitudeBreathe.Before you rush into the day, pause for a moment and listen to the quiet space between ...
11/03/2025

Finding Calm in Gratitude

Breathe.
Before you rush into the day, pause for a moment and listen to the quiet space between your thoughts. That stillness — that soft hum of existence — is where your peace lives.

Stress wants to pull you away from the present moment, convincing you that you’re behind, that you must push harder to be enough. But gratitude whispers a different story: You already are.

You are growing in ways unseen. You are healing in places that still ache. You are learning to slow down not because you’ve given up — but because your soul knows that peace is not a finish line.

This week, give thanks not just for what’s easy, but for everything that taught you strength. The stress, the struggle, the small steps — they are all proof that you kept moving when you didn’t have to.

Let this be your reminder: gratitude is not just a feeling — it’s the way home.

The Calm After UnderstandingGrowth doesn’t always roar.Sometimes it whispers.It’s the deep breath after a storm of emoti...
10/31/2025

The Calm After Understanding

Growth doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes it whispers.
It’s the deep breath after a storm of emotions.
It’s the moment you realize you don’t have to fix everything—you just have to understand it.

Emotional intelligence is learning that feelings aren’t failures; they’re guides.
Anger, fear, sadness—they all hold messages.
When we stop running from them, they stop chasing us.

This month at Summit Community Counseling, we’ve talked about emotional intelligence not as a concept, but as a way of living—with honesty, compassion, and reflection.
Because when you learn to understand yourself, you unlock the peace that was always waiting for you.

Feel First, Heal SecondEvery emotion is a messenger.Anger asks for boundaries. Sadness asks for rest. Joy asks to be sha...
10/29/2025

Feel First, Heal Second

Every emotion is a messenger.
Anger asks for boundaries. Sadness asks for rest. Joy asks to be shared. Fear asks for reassurance.

When we slow down and listen instead of shutting them out, our emotions guide us home.
They aren’t problems to fix — they’re parts of us asking to be heard.

Emotional intelligence isn’t a skill we master overnight; it’s a lifelong conversation with the heart. It teaches us to respond, not react — to choose peace even when chaos knocks at our door.

At Summit Community Counseling, we believe healing begins when understanding replaces judgment — and when compassion begins with ourselves.

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5689 South Redwood Road #27
Taylorsville, UT
84123

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+18012662485

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