- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Expressive arts methods
About Akinlana
Akinlana Burrowes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with seven years of experience based in North Carolina. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and the strain of life changes. She also notes compassion fatigue, anger, and related concerns such as dissociation and panic attacks.
She uses an integrative approach that blends client-centered conversation with practical skills. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) strategies to help people notice thoughts and build coping skills. She also works with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and mindfulness-based practices when appropriate.
Her practice pays attention to cultural context and systemic issues. She has experience supporting people whose distress connects with prejudice, discrimination, and multicultural challenges. She also addresses relationship hurts like infidelity and communication problems when individuals bring those concerns.
Akinlana brings expressive arts and movement into therapy for people who find talking hard. That can include music, visual art, drama, poetry, or dance/movement to help express and process feelings such as guilt and shame. Her use of arts is presented alongside talk therapies and body-based methods.
She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site. Costs vary by location and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How her methods translate to online work
Akinlana commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her practice. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people can lead the conversation and clarify what matters to them. CBT looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful reactions.She also incorporates expressive arts and EMDR-informed practices when they suit the person’s needs. Expressive arts can use music, drawing, or movement to access feelings that are hard to put into words. EMDR work targets distress linked to past traumatic memories and is applied alongside talk-based methods when appropriate.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to focus on skills training, trauma processing, or creative expression, and can shift methods if something is not working.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm which formats are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can meet during a lunch break or between commitments.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts, North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she often help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, depression, and coping with life changes, among other concerns.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She combines conversation with expressive arts and body-based practices to help people name and process guilt or shame without promising a specific outcome.
What is her background and experience?
She has seven years of clinical experience and has worked cross-culturally, including with arts-based and movement approaches.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds MA LMHC and NC LCMHC credentials and is based in North Carolina.
Can I work with her in English or from another country?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
The biography does not specify session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.