Shanita Burgess

Shanita Burgess is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 11 years of experience. She focuses on life purpose concerns alongside stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, and related issues. Her work often centers on people feeling stuck after major changes or worn out by daily demands. Shanita uses clear, practical steps rather than jargon to help people move forward.

She works with clients to identify the thoughts that fuel exhaustion and self-criticism. Sessions typically involve noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, tracing where those thoughts may come from, and trying new ways of responding. That can reduce overwhelm and create room for different choices.

Her approach draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Shanita mixes talking with short skills practice so clients leave with concrete steps to try between sessions. She emphasizes small, manageable changes instead of big overhauls.

Shanita pays attention to how life roles, career stress, grief, and identity pressures interact. She also addresses topics like adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, codependency, gender dysphoria, and compassion fatigue when they come up. Her style is straightforward and focused on solving the problems people bring.

Clients who feel directionless, overwhelmed, or chronically tired can expect practical tools and iterative planning. The aim is to produce clearer thinking and doable habits that fit into everyday life. To begin, the platform matching process is used to schedule an initial session and set goals together.

How her approaches translate to online work

Shanita blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) techniques. Client-centered work means conversations that focus on what matters to the client and prioritizes their goals. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical steps to test and change them. DBT provides concrete skills for managing strong emotions and reducing impulsive reactions, which can help with burnout and mood instability.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Shanita will work collaboratively to see which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean starting with thought-focused CBT work, adding DBT skills for emotional regulation, and using short mindfulness practices to notice patterns.

The practical benefits of online sessions include fitting appointments into a busy day and keeping momentum between meetings. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to schedule shorter check-ins, avoid travel time, and practice skills in the context of everyday life without promising any particular format.