Shanita Burch, MD, LCSW-C

Shanita Burch is a licensed clinician with more than two decades of experience in social work and clinical care. She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C, and she focuses on helping people make steady, practical progress toward their goals. Shanita talks plainly about expectations and encourages patience while guiding clients through change.

She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief using approaches that fit each person’s needs. Addictions, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, and self-esteem concerns are also within her practice focus. Shanita also supports career questions and the emotional strain that comes with caregiving and aging.

Her practice includes work on relationship and family issues such as communication problems, blended family concerns, divorce and separation, codependency, and commitment worries. She also addresses multicultural concerns, veteran and armed forces issues, and isolation or loneliness. Sessions may include goal-oriented coaching alongside therapy when useful.

Shanita uses a mix of methods to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, build motivation, and find workable steps forward. She blends client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral ideas and solution-focused planning. This keeps sessions practical and focused on what clients want to accomplish.

Clients in Maryland and beyond can connect with her by following the site’s matching process and scheduling a time that fits. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through a range of online formats to suit different needs.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Shanita commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and addictive patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and understanding the person's experience, helping people feel heard while they decide what changes matter to them.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to build motivation for change when people feel stuck or ambivalent; this approach helps clarify values and find practical next steps. Shanita works collaboratively to choose which methods to try, adjusting the plan based on the client’s goals, feedback, and what feels most useful in session.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for richer conversation and cues, phone calls work when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options let clients fit therapy into busy lives and try different formats to see what helps most.