- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma processing
- Expressive arts
About Akinlana
Akinlana Burrowes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with seven years of clinical experience. She practices in North Carolina and focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, coping with life changes, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also attends to issues like communication problems, dissociation, guilt and shame, infidelity, and questions about life purpose.
Burrowes blends talk therapy with expressive arts and body-based methods. She uses approaches including Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and mindfulness techniques. Sessions can involve verbal processing alongside creative practices such as music, movement, visual art, drama, or poetry when that fits a client's needs.
Her work often addresses how systemic oppression and multicultural factors shape emotional pain and coping. She has experience working cross-culturally in the U.S. and overseas using interdisciplinary art forms to broaden how people express difficult feelings. That background informs how she notices cultural and identity-related influences on stress and trauma.
In practical terms she helps people unpack immediate problems and learn skills for daily life. Therapy may include skill building from CBT and DBT, trauma processing with EMDR, and mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity. Creative options are offered when talking alone feels limiting.
People who feel stuck after a life change, a work shift, or a relationship ending often seek her out to clarify what matters next. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online therapy options button.
How Akinlana uses approaches online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead. It helps when someone needs to be heard and to make sense of their own goals and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to manage anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. EMDR is a trauma-focused method that uses guided processing to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and related symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That often means trying techniques from different approaches and adjusting based on what helps most in session and in daily life.
Confirm the available online session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins on work breaks, reduce travel time, and let people use expressive arts prompts or movement exercises when appropriate. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT skill practice, mindfulness exercises, and trauma processing for remote sessions while working with the client to find a practical plan that fits their routines.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts, North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, anger, compassion fatigue, and related issues such as life purpose and workplace problems.
How does she typically approach feeling stuck?
She combines Client-Centered Therapy with CBT, DBT, EMDR, and mindfulness, and may use expressive arts to help people access feelings that are hard to name.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working with people across cultural settings in the U.S. and overseas.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an MA LMHC and holds NC LCMHC credentials. She practices in North Carolina.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She accepts international clients as part of her practice.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.