Dr. Michelle Burns, LPC

Dr. Michelle Burns is a licensed professional counselor with two decades of experience supporting people through relationship struggles and related life challenges. She practices in South Carolina and focuses on helping clients who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, parenting strains, and intimacy concerns. She aims to make the first steps toward therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's pace.

Her approach is practical and conversational. Sessions are a place to talk through difficult moments and learn tools for handling them. She often uses techniques drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice patterns of thought and behavior. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when emotion regulation and coping skills are needed.

Solution-Focused Therapy helps keep work goal-oriented and short-term when that fits a person's needs. Dr. Burns supports people facing changes like divorce, aging issues, cancer, or career transitions. She also addresses issues such as ADHD, eating and sleeping concerns, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem struggles.

Clients can expect a nonjudgmental tone and straightforward language. The work typically blends practical strategies with conversations about values and life purpose. The aim is to build skills that people can use in daily life.

Dr. Burns holds the LPC credential, licensed in South Carolina. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted. To start, readers complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Dr. Burns uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and change behaviors that worsen stress or mood. CBT is practical and often involves exercises between sessions to practice new ways of thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful when anger or intense feelings get in the way of relationships.

Finding the right approach is something the therapist and client decide together. She will listen to goals and preferences, then suggest which techniques to try first. That choice can change over time as needs evolve, and the process is collaborative rather than fixed.

If you are considering online therapy with Dr. Burns, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow quicker check-ins when life is hectic. It also lets people try different pacing and focuses without committing to a long plan up front, which can help when the goal is practical change or coping with a specific problem.