- Creative expression
- Trauma informed care
- Practical coping tools
About Akinlana
Akinlana Burrowes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and the stress that comes from everyday life and systemic pressures. She works with clients who are coping with low self-esteem, anger, compassion fatigue, and life transitions, and she includes concerns like money and financial issues when they affect wellbeing.
Akinlana uses an integrative approach that blends talk therapy with expressive arts and body-based methods. She draws on client-centered techniques to follow each person’s lead and creates space for music, movement, visual art, drama, or poetry when words are hard to find. She also incorporates evidence-based tools such as cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior methods, mindfulness practices, and EMDR where those fit the client’s goals.
Her work emphasizes cultural context and the impact of prejudice and discrimination on mental health. Akinlana has practiced cross-culturally in the United States and overseas and brings that experience into sessions. That background helps her support people who face multicultural stressors and identity-related challenges.
Sessions aim to validate experience and build practical skills. Clients can expect collaborative planning, emotion regulation tools, coping strategies for panic and trauma symptoms, and creative ways to express difficult feelings. She frames therapy as a partnership where the client leads the process.
With seven years of professional experience, Akinlana focuses on making therapy accessible and meaningful. She encourages people to bring whatever feels most honest to the room, including creative expression when talking feels too hard.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Akinlana often uses client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, and expressive arts in her practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s priorities, helping people feel heard and steering sessions by what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and teaches practical skills to change them, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Expressive arts uses music, movement, visual art, drama or poetry as ways to process emotions when talking alone doesn’t feel enough.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that seem useful, and adjust the plan based on how things are going. That collaborative stance means approaches can be mixed or changed as needed to suit a person’s needs and preferences.
The biography does not list which online session formats are used, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let some people use audio-only contact if they prefer not to be on camera. Licensed professionals can guide clients in choosing approaches that work well over remote sessions and adapt creative elements so they translate into online work.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, anger, compassion fatigue and life changes. Money and financial issues are included among focus areas when they affect emotional health.
What approach does she use in therapy?
Sessions combine client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques. She also uses mindfulness and EMDR tools alongside expressive arts to match each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience working with clients in the U.S. and overseas. That experience includes cross-cultural work and using creative arts in therapeutic settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds MA LMHC and is licensed as an LCMHC in North Carolina. Her practice is located in North Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled for therapy with this clinician?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during sign-up.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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