How Akinlana works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC, LCMHC
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts, North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Akinlana
Akinlana Burrowes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people manage strong emotions like anger, anxiety, and depression. She brings a calm, down-to-earth presence and encourages clients to name what feels hard and take small steps toward change. Her style is practical and creative, and she often invites different ways of expressing what’s on someone’s mind.
Burrowes uses several approaches to meet each person where they are. She draws on client-centered work to build trust and focus on what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when trauma memories are getting in the way of daily life. Her background includes seven years of clinical experience and work across cultures.
She has applied expressive arts - such as music, movement, and visual art - to support healing alongside talk therapy. That experience informs how she supports people who have faced prejudice, discrimination, or other systemic stresses. Sessions are straightforward and paced to each person’s needs.
Burrowes pays attention to practical skills for coping with panic, workplace stress, life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also helps people work through communication problems, guilt, and questions about life purpose. She practices in North Carolina and offers services in English.
People may find her approach useful when anger feels difficult to manage, or when anxiety and past harm are affecting daily life.
What Akinlana works with
Everything Akinlana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Akinlana's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Akinlana lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on providing a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client sets the pace and goals. This helps people feel heard and shapes sessions around what they most want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches simple skills to notice thoughts and try new actions, which can be practiced between sessions to reduce anxiety and manage anger.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss options and adapt methods to fit a person's needs, goals, and comfort with different tools. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasize talk, skills training, mindfulness, or body-based work like EMDR elements.
Online formats offer flexibility for different life demands. Video calls let the therapist and client use facial cues and shared exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or during a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging work well for ongoing check-ins, quick coping prompts, or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
Questions people ask about Akinlana
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue, plus related issues like panic, workplace stress, and social anxiety.
What therapy style can I expect?
Her work blends client-centered listening with practical tools from CBT and DBT and may include EMDR or mindfulness exercises when helpful.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience providing therapy and has worked cross-culturally using expressive arts alongside talk therapy.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds MA LMHC and NC LCMHC and practices in North Carolina.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.