Shanita Burch

Shanita Burch is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland with 22 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship strain, career concerns, and major life changes. Her work aims to move people toward clearer goals and steadier days.

Shanita favors a practical, person-centered way of working. Sessions are shaped around what each person needs in the moment. She uses goal-focused conversations and thoughtful listening to help people find steps that fit their lives.

Her background includes long-term work in social work settings with adults, seniors, and people facing substance use and bereavement. That experience informs how she supports someone through transitions and tough decisions. She draws on a mix of approaches to address both immediate problems and deeper patterns.

In sessions she helps people talk through career frustration, relationship conflicts, and stress that affects sleep and mood. She also supports people dealing with anger, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose. The focus is on practical change, one step at a time.

Shanita encourages a collaborative process. She works with each person to set small, measurable goals and to build strategies that can be used outside the session. People who want structured conversation with room for deeper reflection often find this helpful.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. The therapist follows the client's lead, helps name priorities, and supports personal choices; this works well for people facing career decisions or life change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks problems into small steps and teaches practical strategies to manage anxiety, sleep problems, low mood, and stress that affects work performance.

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people find their own reasons to change. It can be useful for addictions, commitment issues, or making major life adjustments.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and reducing travel time so people can meet during a lunch break or between errands. Online work can make it easier to continue care during life transitions. Because specific session formats were not listed in the biography, confirm which formats are available before booking so sessions match your needs.