Shamanda Burston, LCMHC
Calm, practical support for overwhelmed people
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Shamanda
Shamanda Burston is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina who supports people dealing with intense stress and life transitions. She speaks plainly and offers practical help for people who feel overwhelmed despite outward success. Shamanda focuses on real problems like anxiety, burnout, parenting strain, and struggles with mood or addictive behavior.
She draws on 15 years of clinical experience to combine therapy with attention to financial stress when relevant.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to reduce anxiety, clarify priorities, and create manageable plans for change. Shamanda uses a direct but compassionate style so people can be honest without feeling judged. Her work often addresses relationships, attachment concerns, and how early family dynamics show up now.
She also supports people facing grief, trauma, caregiving strain, and chronic health challenges. Practical skills for sleep, eating, and emotion management are part of the process when needed. Shamanda integrates cognitive behavioral methods with mindfulness and a client-centered stance to tailor work to each person.
She helps clients identify unhelpful thoughts, practice new responses, and make daily shifts that add up over time. The approach is collaborative and matter-of-fact. People meet with her by appointment from North Carolina.
Conversations may include short-term coaching elements for career or money-related stress as well as longer work on patterns that keep returning. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier moods, and a more sustainable day-to-day routine.
What Shamanda works with
Everything Shamanda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shamanda helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shamanda lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that meet daily life
Shamanda often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that fuel anxiety and low mood. CBT works well for sleep problems, worry, and behavior changes that affect daily functioning.She also draws on client-centered and attachment-based ideas, which focus on understanding how early relationships shape reactions today and on creating a steady, accepting space to talk. These approaches help with relationship patterns, parenting strain, and attachment concerns.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Shamanda collaborates with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and values. That may mean short-term skill building or longer work on recurring patterns, and she adjusts as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication styles. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can work for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Shamanda
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Shamanda helps with stress, anxiety, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, addictions, parenting strain, grief, trauma, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is supportive and direct. She mixes practical tools, mindfulness, and cognitive techniques to help people make concrete changes.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with people facing high stress, burnout, and life transitions, and she blends therapy with attention to financial stress when relevant.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LCMHC credential and practices from North Carolina as an NC LCMHC.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the person best.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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