Geri Burgess

Compassionate care with practical tools

LPC Alabama

Experience: 20 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Geri

Geri Burgess is an LPC with two decades of clinical experience who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family challenges, and a wide range of related concerns such as grief, intimacy issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Background and approach

She also attends to nuanced areas like attachment and abandonment, caregiver stress, codependency, gender dysphoria, and isolation, helping clients address both immediate symptoms and longer-standing patterns. Her style blends evidence-informed methods with a warm, person-focused presence.

Geri emphasizes collaborative work that encourages honest exploration of thoughts and feelings while building practical skills for coping and change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) often guides her work on patterns of thinking and behavior, while elements of client-centered, existential, mindfulness, and motivational approaches inform how she helps clients clarify values, manage distress, and strengthen resilience.

Licensed to practice as an LPC, she draws on a twenty-year career to tailor sessions to individual needs. Geri welcomes conversations in English and accepts international clients, offering flexible formats to suit different lifestyles and schedules.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Geri blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered work to help clients grow more effective coping skills while keeping the person’s experience central. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors so clients can reduce symptoms like anxiety or insomnia through practical exercises and gradual behavior changes. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and building a collaborative relationship so clients feel heard and can explore values, meaning, and personal goals.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Geri partners with each client to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques over time as progress and priorities evolve. This shared decision-making helps clients feel involved in shaping their treatment plan.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain continuity during transitions, and access care across distances, while still allowing therapists to teach CBT exercises, support mindfulness practice, and hold empathic, focused conversations that move toward stated goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Geri commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, grief, intimacy-related issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and many related concerns such as attachment, caregiver stress, and isolation.

What therapeutic approaches inform sessions?

Sessions draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with client-centered, existential, mindfulness, narrative, and motivational interviewing techniques to combine practical skill-building with personal exploration.

How much clinical experience does the therapist bring?

Geri has 20 years of professional work experience, which she uses to adapt interventions to each client’s circumstances and goals.

Where is the therapist licensed and practicing?

She is an LPC licensed in Alabama and holds credential details AL LPC LPC02911 and MI LPC 6401015377 as provided.

Can nonlocal or international clients work together?

Yes, international clients are accepted and sessions can be arranged to meet different time zones and needs.

Which session formats are available?

Options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.

How are fees and subscriptions handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsSelf esteem Coping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTTrauma and abuse GriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepression Compassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shame Isolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacks Post-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Michigan, Alabama

Languages

English