Shanita Burgess
Practical support for stress and burnout
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Shanita
Shanita Burgess is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina who focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, LGBT concerns, trauma and grief. She speaks plainly and helps people spot the thoughts that leave them tired and stuck. Her work centers on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable.
Shanita aims to help clients move from merely surviving to beginning to thrive again. Shanita draws on straightforward skills to reduce overwhelming thoughts and chronic fatigue.
Background and approach
She helps clients notice unhelpful thinking, trace where those thoughts come from, and practice new ways of responding. Sessions often include clear tools for managing anxiety and improving mood. With 11 years of experience, Shanita blends several therapy approaches to fit each person’s needs.
She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral work, mindfulness, and client-centered conversations to build coping skills and increase self-awareness. Motivational strategies are also used when people want to make concrete changes in their routines or goals. People who contact her can expect a collaborative process.
The focus is on practical change rather than labels. Shanita listens closely, offers feedback, and practices new skills together with each client. She offers sessions through video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Pricing varies with location and is handled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to the therapist’s availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on a respectful, listening-based approach where the therapist follows your lead and responds to what matters most to you. It helps when someone needs space to be heard and to build goals at their own pace.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to spot unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep stress and anxiety stuck. DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, adds skills for managing overwhelming emotions and improving relationships through practical emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance tools.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shanita will work with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She combines approaches when that best supports the work and checks in regularly to adjust the plan.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction from home, while phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins into a day. These options can help people access consistent support without long travel or time away from daily responsibilities.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
Next step
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