About Shanita
Shanita Burch is a licensed social worker and medical doctor with 22 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, grief, and shifts in life direction. Shanita uses clear, practical steps so people can see steady progress toward their goals.
Her work is direct and supportive. She helps people talk through upsetting experiences, build coping skills, and reshape unhelpful patterns. Sessions often focus on small, doable changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Shanita draws on several approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses client-centered conversations to learn what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy methods help with anxious thinking and sleeping problems.
Motivational Interviewing is used when people are facing substance use or readiness for change. Her background includes long experience with loss, trauma, relationship strain, caregiver stress, and challenges that come with aging. She also has experience supporting people with career concerns, self-esteem struggles, and feelings of isolation.
That variety helps her tailor each plan to the person in front of her. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented while keeping the person’s pace in mind. Shanita emphasizes patience and steady effort.
She encourages small steps that build toward relief and clearer direction. People who want a collaborative and experienced guide for anxiety, life transitions, or addiction-related concerns may find her approach helpful. She works in Maryland and conducts sessions in English.
How her approaches work in online sessions
Shanita often combines Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to meet people where they are. Client-centered work means the conversation starts with what matters most to the client and builds goals from their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical behavior changes that can improve anxiety and sleep.She also uses Motivational Interviewing when people face addiction or are weighing change. That approach relies on guided questions and encouragement to strengthen motivation and plan realistic steps forward. These approaches are used together so the therapist and client can choose what fits the concern and pace.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Shanita will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on results and preference. The aim is to build a plan that feels doable and moves toward the client’s goals.
Online sessions offer flexibility and easier access to care. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction from another location. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or when typing feels more comfortable. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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