About Geri
Geri Burgess is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She creates a straightforward, compassionate space where people can speak honestly and be heard.
Her approach is practical and down to earth. She uses client-centered methods to follow each person's pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps break unhelpful thinking and build new coping habits.
How Geri works
Mindfulness practices are used to help manage anxiety and sleeping troubles. Burgess also brings existential perspectives when people are facing big life questions. Motivational interviewing is used to help people find motivation and make gradual changes.
These methods are woven together based on what each person needs in the room. She has worked with a wide range of concerns across her career, including trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to identity such as LGBT and gender dysphoria.
She also focuses on family of origin issues, communication problems, abandonment and attachment concerns, and caregiving stress. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. People can expect clear discussion about what is bothering them, practical strategies to try between sessions, and a therapist who listens without judgment.
Burgess practices in Alabama and conducts sessions in English.
Geri lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Geri works with
The areas below are the ones Geri selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and following the client's priorities. The therapist focuses on understanding the person's experience and shaping sessions to match their pace, which helps when working through relationship concerns, grief, or identity questions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns that lead to distress and trying practical behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and building coping skills that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. Decisions about which methods to use are collaborative and revisit as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or other commitments. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more interaction is wanted. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to send updates, work through ideas between appointments, or have shorter, more frequent contact. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still working with a licensed professional.
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