About Ann
Ann Burris is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 35 years of experience. She has worked in colleges and in a psychiatric hospital and brings that long history to her current practice. Ann focuses on helping people manage common and complex concerns.
Her work emphasizes practical steps and steady progress. Ann uses a straightforward and interactive style in sessions. She meets people where they are and helps them take the next steps toward their goals.
How Ann works
She emphasizes self-care and mindfulness as daily tools to reduce stress and build resilience. Her areas of focus include anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and stress. She also supports people dealing with bipolar disorder, ADHD, sleep difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, and career stress.
Ann addresses concerns connected to gender dysphoria, LGBT issues, compassion fatigue, and veteran and armed forces matters. Ann draws on client-centered work to listen and respond to each person’s needs. She incorporates cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and change behavior.
Mindfulness practices are used to reduce reactivity and improve daily coping. People can expect a collaborative pace and clear, practical suggestions. Ann encourages small, manageable changes that add up over time.
She welcomes questions and works with each person to build a plan that fits their life.
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What Ann works with
The areas below are the ones Ann selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. Online sessions let the therapist reflect what matters to you and tailor conversations to your goals. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort through feelings and decisions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and then tries small experiments to change unhelpful patterns. In video or phone sessions, CBT tools like thought records and behavioral plans can be taught and reviewed together to reduce anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms.
Mindfulness therapy uses simple awareness exercises to lower reactivity and improve concentration. Short guided practices and daily mindfulness prompts work well in messaging or live chat as reminders between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and recommend which techniques to try first. Goals and methods can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping consistent momentum.
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