Shanita Burgess

Shanita Burgess is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina who focuses on career-related stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and burnout. She works with people feeling unmotivated, exhausted, or stuck and helps them move from surviving day to day to actually thriving. Shanita draws on practical methods so clients leave sessions with steps they can use right away.

Shanita helps people spot the thoughts that drain their energy and keep them from reaching goals. She uses talk-based work to name those thoughts, look at where they come from, and try different ways of thinking that reduce overwhelm. Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful, not full of jargon.

Her approach blends client-centered care with cognitive and skills-focused strategies. That means clients set the goals and Shanita offers tools like thought-challenging, emotion regulation skills, and mindfulness exercises to meet those goals. Motivational interviewing is used when someone wants to strengthen their motivation for change.

People bring concerns such as career stress, relationship strain, grief, identity questions including LGBT and gender dysphoria concerns, and complicated trauma histories. Shanita also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue, attachment issues, and challenges after adoption or foster care.

Shanita has 11 years of clinical experience as an LCMHC. She encourages practical, step-by-step work so people can return to daily life feeling more capable and less overwhelmed.

How Shanita’s Approaches Shape Online Work

Shanita uses client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on each person's goals and priorities. This approach means the client leads the agenda while the therapist listens, reflects, and helps clarify what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is used to identify and change thoughts that lead to anxiety and low mood; it includes practical exercises and small experiments to shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, provides skills for managing intense emotions and reducing burnout through emotion regulation and distress-tolerance techniques.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shanita collaborates with each person to choose which strategies fit their goals and daily life. She will suggest techniques, try them in session, and adjust plans based on what helps most.

Confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, or reduce travel time. It also lets people practice skills they learn in sessions in their regular routine. Ask about session length and format when you schedule so arrangements match your needs.