Shwanna Burton, LPC

Shwanna Burton is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and struggles with addiction. She also supports clients facing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, anger, career shifts, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Her tone is direct and encouraging for someone taking a first step toward help.

She focuses on building a welcoming space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward so clients can use strategies between meetings. Shwanna emphasizes collaboration and respects each person's pace when tackling difficult topics.

Her approach draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavioral experiments. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the conversation focused on the client's experience. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are used when managing strong emotions and improving coping skills.

Shwanna brings six years of professional experience to her work. She listens for what matters most to each client and adapts tools to everyday life. People meet to set short-term goals, try concrete techniques, and check progress over time.

Sessions are offered in English and provided using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. The practice operates through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect clients to a session time.

How these approaches translate to online care

Shwanna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems that improve with practical experiments and tracking progress.

She also employs Client-Centered Therapy to keep the focus on the client's experience and values. That approach helps people feel heard and shapes the work around their goals rather than a fixed agenda.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are offered when stronger emotion regulation or distress tolerance is needed. DBT techniques teach concrete coping skills that can be practiced between sessions to reduce emotional overwhelm.

Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend or combine methods in a collaborative way. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so the plan stays useful and relevant.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can work for brief check-ins or written reflection. These options help people access regular care around work, family, and daily demands.