Ann Burris, LPC

Ann Burris is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She brings 35 years of experience across colleges and a psychiatric hospital to her work. Ann aims to meet people where they are and help them move toward where they want to be.

Her style is interactive and straightforward. She listens first, then helps clients build practical steps forward. Ann emphasizes self-care and everyday habits that support emotional coping.

Ann uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and mindfulness approaches. In sessions she helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and practice calming skills. This makes it easier to handle stress, anxiety, sleep problems, and mood shifts.

She has worked with many concerns over the years, including grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges related to LGBT identity. Ann also focuses on caregiver stress, codependency, panic, post-traumatic stress, and adjustment to life changes.

Sessions can address both immediate problems and longer-term patterns. Ann aims to help people build resilience and reduce the things that wear them down. She draws on practical tools and mindfulness exercises to support steady progress.

She values continued learning and sees therapy as a collaborative process. Ann looks forward to helping clients develop skills that fit their daily lives and goals.

Practical approaches for online therapy and change

Ann uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on small experiments you can do between sessions to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage mood swings.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which means she listens carefully and follows each person’s pace. This approach helps people feel heard and choose goals that matter to them. Mindfulness Therapy is part of her practice too; she teaches simple attention and breathing exercises that reduce stress and improve focus.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ann collaborates with clients to decide whether CBT skills, client-centered conversations, mindfulness practice, or a combination will best match their goals and daily life.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit real schedules. Video is useful for full sessions and demonstrations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text can work for brief check-ins or when typing helps express thoughts. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or other demands.