Shwanna Burton, LPC

Shwanna Burton, LPC, focuses on helping people who are facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and relationship concerns. She welcomes straightforward conversations and works to make first steps feel manageable. Her tone is direct and supportive for people who may be nervous about beginning therapy.

She aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Sessions prioritize listening first, then setting small, practical goals. Shwanna uses clear language and helps people break big problems into manageable steps.

Her approach blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive and skills-based methods. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are also used to teach emotion regulation and coping skills when needed.

Shwanna has six years of professional experience working with issues such as depression, intimacy-related problems, parenting stress, anger, and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar concerns, compassion fatigue, and career stress. Additional areas she addresses include abandonment, attachment, body image, caregiving stress, codependency, dissociation, and divorce concerns.

She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Georgia. Sessions are conducted in English. If you decide to begin, she asks clients to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling so sessions can be arranged according to availability.

How her approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. It helps people feel heard and supported while they talk through stressful issues and life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions. It teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits for anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing strong emotions and improving coping. It offers tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as needs evolve.

Specific session formats were not listed in the biography, so confirm options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow progress to continue during life transitions by keeping appointments available from different locations. Licensed professionals adapt techniques like CBT and DBT to work over distance while focusing on practical skill-building and goal setting.