Saundra Burleson, LCMHC

Saundra Burleson is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 13 years of clinical therapy experience and more than two decades working in mental health. She helps people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship challenges. Saundra also works with concerns such as addiction, grief, anger, bipolar issues, ADHD, and intimacy-related worries including jealousy.

Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She meets people where they are and listens first. Sessions focus on understanding what matters most to each person and finding practical steps forward.

Saundra blends several therapy approaches to suit individual needs. She may draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build meaningful action, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and Emotionally-Focused or Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when emotions or relationships feel intense.

In sessions she encourages curiosity about patterns that cause pain and works with clients to try concrete strategies. The goal is to reduce distress and improve day-to-day coping, not to rush change. Progress is paced to each person’s circumstances and goals.

People who value straightforward talk and practical tools tend to fit well with her approach. If you want help sorting through a specific problem or improving overall emotional balance, she invites you to reach out and begin the matching process.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small purposeful steps toward those values. Online sessions can help someone notice unhelpful avoidance and build actions that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. In remote sessions, CBT often involves tracking thoughts and trying brief experiments between meetings to test new ways of coping. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift emotional responses in relationships. Used online, EFT-style work can highlight interaction patterns and practice new ways of responding with a partner or on one’s own.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they decide which methods to try first and adjust the plan as progress and needs change.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into a busy life, makes it easier to keep regular appointments, and supports trying short practical exercises between meetings. Online work can also make follow-up and check-ins easier to schedule when life is hectic.