Shanita Burch, LCSW-C

Shanita Burch is a licensed clinical social worker with over 22 years of practice. She brings a practical, steady approach to sessions and focuses on helping people move toward goals that matter to them. Shanita works from Maryland and conducts therapy in English.

Her style centers on listening first and matching the approach to each person’s needs. She draws on therapies that encourage self-reflection and concrete change. Sessions often combine talking through past patterns with hands-on strategies for day-to-day life. That mix is useful for people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, and life transitions.

Shanita also supports those facing aging and geriatric issues and caregivers managing the strain of long-term care. She helps people navigate relationship concerns, blended family stress, and career or purpose questions. Practical coping skills, improved communication, and clearer next steps are frequent goals in her work.

Her background includes long experience in social work settings with adults, seniors, service members, and people facing substance use or loss. Shanita uses a systemic lens to see how relationships and roles affect wellbeing. She encourages patience and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth therapist tend to fit well with her approach. She invites potential clients to consider what they want to change and to take small, manageable steps toward those goals.

How her approaches guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in the room, using listening and reflection to support self-directed change; it helps with stress, grief, and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shanita will talk with each person about goals and preferences and will adapt methods as needed. The work can incorporate insight about past patterns alongside step-by-step skills to make daily life easier.

This profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can help fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and make shorter check-ins possible when life is hectic. It can also allow work to continue during caregiving or when in-person visits are difficult. Licensed professionals can tailor session length and focus to match today’s needs and routines.