Karla Burgess, LIMHP

Karla Burgess is a licensed independent mental health practitioner (LIMHP) based in Nebraska with over 21 years of experience. She has worked in hospital settings and in independent practice in a rural community. Karla brings practical experience with common concerns like anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting strain.

Her background includes time as a school counselor, which means she is comfortable talking with children, teens, and adults. Working as the only mental health practitioner in a rural area exposed her to a wide range of issues, including behavior concerns and relationship strain.

Karla focuses on building a strong working relationship first. She uses straightforward goals and clear steps so people know what to expect from sessions. Techniques often draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and a Client-Centered approach.

In sessions she emphasizes practical change and short-term goals when that fits the person’s needs. She also addresses deeper issues like family of origin concerns, caregiver stress, guilt and shame, and feelings of emptiness when those come up.

Karla helps people work through communication problems, isolation or social anxiety, jealousy, life transitions, and questions about life purpose. She aims to make therapy a collaborative process focused on measurable progress and improved daily functioning.

How Karla’s Approaches Shape Online Therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the person’s lead and helps them set meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, practical steps and what works now to move a person toward their goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Karla treats the choice of techniques as a collaboration, adjusting methods to fit someone’s goals and preferences. Together they decide which ideas to try first and how to measure progress.

If you want online therapy, confirm the session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. It can also let people use tools like thought records or brief behavioral experiments between appointments. Karla aims to help clients translate skills into everyday routines so therapy supports real-life change.