Geri Burgess is a licensed professional counselor with twenty years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma.
01About Geri
Geri Burgess is a licensed professional counselor with twenty years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She creates a calm space where clients can talk about difficult feelings and begin to make small, steady changes. Her approach is warm and direct and geared toward practical steps that fit daily life.
In session she listens carefully to what matters most to each person. She combines client-centered care with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to reduce distress and improve coping.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing helps when people feel stuck and want clearer goals but aren’t sure where to start. Burgess gives attention to relationship and intimacy concerns, caregiver strain, identity questions, and the effects of abandonment or attachment wounds. She also supports people facing job stress, sleep problems, anger, or the overlapping challenges of mood and attention differences.
Conversations focus on the problems you bring and ways to change what you can control. Sessions are straightforward and collaborative. She helps people develop skills, test small changes between meetings, and reflect on what works.
Progress is measured by the ways daily life gets easier, not by jargon. Geri holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and is licensed in Alabama and Michigan. She offers conversation and guidance in English and is comfortable working with international clients using online session formats.
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02Credentials
- LPC (Michigan)
- License 6401015377 · expires April 2027
- LPC (Alabama)
- License LPC02911 · expires July 2027
- NPI
- 1568779890 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Geri lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Geri names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Geri names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Geri uses client-centered therapy to prioritize each person's experience and goals. This approach means sessions begin with listening so the work follows what matters most to the client and builds trust before introducing tools.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which mixes clear, practical techniques with short exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, sleep trouble, mood concerns, and stress that gets in the way of daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. Goals, pacing, and techniques are adjusted together so the work feels relevant and doable.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video is good for deeper conversation, phone can fit a busy schedule or lower bandwidth, live chat offers quick check-ins, and messaging allows shorter updates between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, travel, or different time zones while keeping therapy practical and focused.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Geri focus on?
Geri supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and ADHD among other concerns listed on her profile.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She practices a warm, client-centered approach that combines listening with practical strategies to reduce distress and build coping skills.
What sort of professional background does she have?
She has twenty years of professional experience working with adults on a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
Geri Burgess holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and is licensed in Alabama and Michigan.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the matching results and therapist availability.
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