Dr. Michelle Burns, LPC
Compassionate counseling for everyday parenting challenges
Book with Michelle- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Michelle
Dr. Michelle Burns is a Licensed Professional Counselor with two decades of experience supporting people through relationship and parenting challenges. She practices in South Carolina and brings practical tools to help clients manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes.
Her style is straightforward and calm. She aims to create a space where people can speak honestly about hard things. Sessions focus on clear goals and step-by-step strategies rather than long explanations.
Background and approach
Dr. Burns uses methods that help people change unhelpful thinking and build better daily habits. She also teaches skills for regulating strong emotions and for solving practical problems that come up in relationships and parenting.
Clients often work on managing anger, improving self-esteem, handling career stress, and coping after loss or trauma. She also supports people dealing with health challenges, divorce, caregiving for older adults, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Therapy combines talk, skill practice, and short exercises to try between sessions.
The focus is on what will help most in day-to-day life. Dr. Burns encourages realistic plans and small steps that add up to meaningful change.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michelle helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Approaches Michelle lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How practical approaches fit into online therapy
Dr. Burns works with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT is useful for parents who want concrete tools to manage worry and daily routines.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help regulate intense emotions and improve interpersonal effectiveness. DBT offers short, teachable strategies for handling anger, overwhelm, and relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist and client talk about goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most. This collaborative process makes it easier to match techniques to parenting pressures, relationship goals, or recovery from loss.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face work on communication and skills practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text let people check in between appointments or have shorter, focused conversations. These formats help fit therapy into busy days and make it easier to follow through on action steps.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What kinds of concerns does Dr. Burns address?
She helps with relationship and parenting challenges as well as anger, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include career, eating and sleeping issues, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and women's health topics.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and goal oriented, with an emphasis on skill building and clear steps you can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with adults on a range of relationship and personal concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
Dr. Burns holds Licensed Professional Counselor credentials in South Carolina and Georgia and practices from South Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Appointments are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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