About Shamanda
Shamanda Burston is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or big life changes. She speaks plainly and offers steady, practical support for people who feel like they must always perform. Shamanda focuses on reducing anxiety, improving self-worth, and finding clearer next steps when life feels chaotic.
Her work combines straightforward talk with tools that people can use each day.
How Shamanda works
Sessions often include looking at thoughts and behaviors, exploring attachment patterns, and practicing mindfulness skills to calm the mind. Shamanda also brings attention to financial stress when that pressure is part of what’s wearing someone down. With 15 years of experience, she aims for a collaborative, respectful relationship.
People are invited to be honest about what is hard, without a need to have everything solved at once. The tone is practical and supportive rather than overly clinical. Shamanda offers several ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
These options let people choose what fits their schedule and comfort level. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Her background centers on approaches like attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, existential questions about meaning, and mindfulness practice.
Shamanda helps people set goals, try new coping strategies, and build routines that reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning.
Shamanda lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Shamanda works with
The areas below are the ones Shamanda 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
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape present patterns. Online sessions explore those patterns and help people notice how they relate to others and themselves. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and the client’s own goals; in virtual sessions the therapist follows the person’s lead and reflects what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors together and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns when anxiety, mood, or addictive urges arise.Choosing which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying one method for a few sessions, adjusting, or combining ideas from different approaches to get better results.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit short reflections into a busy day and to follow up between sessions. These options create flexible ways to keep therapy consistent with everyday life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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