Akinlana Burrowes, LMHC, LCMHC

Akinlana Burrowes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who meets people where they are and helps them find practical ways to cope. She brings seven years of clinical experience to work on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and self-esteem concerns. Parents reading on a phone will find short, direct explanations and a calm, steady tone.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them against real-world evidence. She also draws on client-centered methods that let the person set the pace and focus of each session. When trauma is part of the story, she integrates EMDR and body-focused approaches alongside talk work.

Her background includes cross-cultural work and creative arts in music, movement, visual art, drama and poetry. That experience informs ways to bring nonverbal methods into sessions when words alone are hard to find. Clients can expect flexible tools such as grounding exercises, behavioral experiments, and creative expression.

Sessions are aimed at practical changes: reducing panic, easing social anxiety, managing workplace stress, and rebuilding self-worth after loss or betrayal. She pays attention to how prejudice, discrimination, and multicultural stress shape emotional life and problem solving.

Her training is listed as MA LMHC and NC LCMHC and she practices from North Carolina. She offers a collaborative, respectful approach that centers each person’s goals and daily realities. The focus is on doable steps and clearer choices.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Akinlana commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thoughts that lead to distress and try small behavior experiments to test new patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic attacks, low mood, and workplace stress. Client-centered therapy is another main element - conversations focus on what the person wants to work on and at what pace, which helps people feel heard and in charge of goals.

When trauma shows up, she can incorporate EMDR and body-based practices to address distress that words alone do not settle. These approaches aim to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and build practical coping skills. Choosing the right method is a shared process; the therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences and pick approaches that fit the person’s life and comfort level.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper, interactive sessions; phone calls can fit a short break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.