About Fulisha
Fulisha Burks is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, trauma, and grief. She brings eight years of clinical experience to sessions and aims to create a calm, straightforward space where clients can talk about what matters most to them.
She uses client-centered principles to follow each person's priorities and build trust at their pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her work when clients want tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How Fulisha works
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills appear in her approach for emotion regulation and coping with intense feelings. Fulisha also supports people dealing with caregiver strain, chronic pain or illness, and the isolation that can follow life changes. She addresses workplace stress, questions about life purpose, and issues related to self-love and women’s health concerns.
Post-traumatic stress and the effects of past abuse are included among her focus areas. Sessions are conversational and practical. Clients can expect clear strategies, skill-building, and time to process emotions.
Fulisha combines therapy and life coaching sensibilities to help set goals and plan small, achievable steps. She works with people in Illinois and conducts sessions in English. With a calm, steady style, she aims to make therapy usable for busy lives and for those coping with long-term health or caregiving demands.
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Approaches and how online therapy works
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the clients lead. The therapist helps people name their concerns and set goals while offering empathy and acceptance to build trust.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, gives concrete techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It can help with anxiety, depression, stress, and workplace or relationship patterns that cause distress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for regulating strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are useful for those who feel easily overwhelmed or who want better tools for handling intense moments.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what seems most helpful, and then adjust methods as therapy progresses. That collaborative process helps match methods to each persons needs.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people see each other for deeper conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. Together these formats offer flexibility, accessibility, and regular contact while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
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