About Vani
Vani Burnette is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California. She brings 18 years of experience to sessions and focuses on practical, everyday steps people can use to manage stress and anxiety and to feel steadier in daily life. She uses an approachable, warm style and avoids stigmatizing labels.
In sessions she listens carefully, asks clear questions, and helps people name patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
Conversations are collaborative and tailored to each person’s situation and goals. Vani draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors. She also uses client-centered methods to follow the client’s lead and attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape reactions and expectations.
Solution-focused and narrative tools help set short-term goals and reframe personal stories. Her background includes many years helping people with depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship strain, parenting concerns, sleep and eating changes, and career stress. She also supports people navigating ADHD-related challenges, codependency, control issues, and feelings of isolation.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and are available through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. People who want to begin can use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session according to therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds and close relationships influence current feelings and reactions. In online sessions this can help people understand patterns in intimate relationships, parenting stress, and responses to loss. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, sleep or eating issues, and mood shifts by setting small experiments and practical homework.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels useful, then try methods that fit each person. Over time they adjust the work based on what helps most, mixing strategies when needed to meet short-term and longer-term goals.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skills practice and emotional work. Phone sessions may be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can fit into busy schedules and help people stay connected between sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments and to use therapy consistently while balancing work, family, and other demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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