About Shanita
Shanita Burgess offers practical help for people worn down by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and the day-to-day strain of life. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, based in North Carolina who focuses on helping people move from surviving to thriving. Her approach is straightforward and goal-oriented so clients can see small changes build into real progress.
She works with issues that include burnout, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and concerns related to LGBT identity and gender dysphoria.
How Shanita works
She also supports people facing adoption and foster care questions, attachment issues, codependency, and relationship communication problems. Her practice includes work on grief, career stress, dissociation, and challenges like impulsivity or isolation. Shanita uses client-centered methods alongside evidence-informed tools such as cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior ideas.
Mindfulness strategies and motivational interviewing are part of her toolkit for building coping skills and increasing motivation. Sessions usually focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical ways to change them. Therapy sessions can be conducted by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
She has 11 years of clinical experience and offers care in English for people located in North Carolina. Consultation and scheduling follow a straightforward match-and-plan process. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth.
She helps clients set clear goals, learn concrete skills, and make changes that reduce overwhelm and increase daily functioning.
Shanita lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Shanita works with
The areas below are the ones Shanita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters most to the person. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns, and helps people clarify their own goals; this approach supports building motivation and self-direction.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and test alternative ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with anxiety, depression, and burnout.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, brings practical coping skills for strong emotions and impulsive reactions. It teaches strategies for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication during high-stress moments.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helping most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for full conversations and visual connection, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging allows brief updates between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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