Shanita Burch

Shanita Burch is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 22 years of experience to her practice in Maryland. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, grief, addictions, and life transitions. Shanita centers sessions on the client’s goals and practical steps toward change.

Her background spans many settings and populations over two decades. Shanita has worked with adults, seniors, teenagers, active duty service members, and veterans, and with people facing addiction, grief, and other major life challenges. This range informs how she tailors support to each person.

Sessions emphasize clear, manageable tools. Shanita uses client-centered methods that let people set the pace, and she combines those with solution-focused ideas to map small steps forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques may be used to identify patterns that contribute to stress and anger.

Motivational Interviewing is brought in when someone is ready to make a change but needs help sustaining it. Psychodynamic ways of looking at past patterns can be used when understanding roots of recurring struggles matters to the client.

People who choose Shanita often want straightforward guidance and a steady partner through hard changes. She works with each person to create realistic goals and practical coping strategies. The emphasis is on progress over perfection, with attention to what life demands day to day.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy begins with the person’s priorities and the therapist following their lead. In practice this means conversations that focus on what matters now, pacing that fits the client, and decisions made together about next steps. This approach can help with anger, stress, and life transitions by focusing on the client’s goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. Online sessions using CBT often include clear exercises and short homework tasks to change unhelpful patterns. This can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger management.

Motivational Interviewing helps people find internal motivation to change. In an online setting it usually involves brief planning, exploring ambivalence, and building small commitments that fit daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best, based on needs, goals, and what feels comfortable. That choice can change as progress is made.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy week. Online work can make it simpler to have shorter check-ins, avoid travel time, or join sessions when a quiet block of time is available. Confirm the specific session formats before booking to know whether video, phone, or other options are offered.