Dr. Michelle Burns , LPC

Dr. Michelle Burns brings two decades of clinical experience to her work. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC who practices in South Carolina. Michelle focuses on women's issues among a broad set of concerns including relationships, parenting, stress, anxiety, trauma, and grief.

She keeps sessions direct and practical. Michelle helps people name what feels hard, notice patterns that get in the way, and try skills to change those patterns. She uses straightforward tools to manage anger, build self-esteem, and reduce anxiety so people can handle daily demands more easily.

Her background includes work across relationship and family concerns and support for life transitions like divorce and caregiving. Michelle also brings experience addressing career stress, compassion fatigue, and issues related to aging and serious illness such as cancer. She listens for what matters most and focuses on achievable steps toward those goals.

Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Michelle often combines problem-solving with emotion regulation skills so clients learn both immediate coping techniques and longer-term changes. She also integrates coaching elements when clients want direction on life purpose, career moves, or building self-love.

People who prefer clear, paced sessions tend to find her style helpful. Her approach fits those looking for practical strategies and steady support while working through relationship strain, parenting pressures, or the emotional fallout of major life changes.

Approach-driven care delivered online

Dr. Burns commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to give practical tools for everyday problems. CBT focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety, depression, or sleep and eating disruptions. DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that help when anger, intense emotions, or relationship conflicts feel overwhelming.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set small, concrete goals and track progress. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process: the therapist and client review needs, try techniques, and adjust the plan so it matches goals and preferences. Work together to pick the blend of strategies that feels most useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are helpful for quick check-ins or for people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access consistent support from licensed professionals without traveling.