Shanita Burgess

Shanita Burgess, LCMHC, practices in North Carolina and brings 11 years of clinical experience to her work with people navigating stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She maintains a focus on issues that include self esteem, grief, family dynamics, career transition, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue, as well as adoption and foster care, attachment challenges, codependency, and gender dysphoria. Her background also encompasses work with individuals facing HIV AIDS, dissociation, and impulse-related difficulties.

Shanita often works with hard-working 20 and 30 somethings who feel unmotivated, exhausted, or stuck in recurring cycles of overwhelm. She helps identify the patterns and thoughts that contribute to fatigue and defeat, and she guides clients in investigating where those thoughts originate and how to reframe them. Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral tools alongside mindfulness and dialectical behavior strategies.

In collaboration with each person, Shanita emphasizes practical skill building and goal-focused conversation. She supports clients in developing tools to reduce burnout, clarify values and life purpose, and manage life changes so they can move from merely getting through the day toward greater engagement with their priorities.