Geri Burgess, LPC

Geri Burgess is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She creates a calm space where clients can speak openly and be heard. Geri encourages small steps toward change and supports people through hard transitions.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She listens first, then works with each person to build useful skills for day-to-day challenges. Geri often uses cognitive behavioral tools to tame anxious thoughts and mindfulness practices to help steady emotions.

Geri also draws on client-centered and existential perspectives to help people find meaning and make choices that fit their values. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit for people who want help clarifying goals and staying motivated. These methods are used together to match what each person needs in the moment.

Over two decades of work have included many different situations, and Geri brings that experience into sessions in a straightforward way. She aims to reduce shame and blame and to help people build better communication and coping habits. Geri works with issues that range from attachment and abandonment concerns to caregiver strain and career stress.

Based in Alabama, she supports people dealing with trauma, gender and identity questions, ADHD, bipolar concerns, sleep struggles, and compassion fatigue. Geri accepts international clients and speaks English.

Therapeutic approaches and online work that meet everyday needs

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It means the therapist listens without judgment and follows the client's pace to help them feel understood and make choices that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings connect and teaches straightforward skills to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Geri will work collaboratively to test methods and adapt them based on the client's goals, preferences, and how they respond to the work. That makes the process flexible and grounded in what actually helps the person day to day.

The listing does not specify which online session types are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, cut commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people keep therapy going when they are traveling or living outside the therapist's state, including international clients, depending on scheduling and licensure. Licensed professionals can tailor session pacing and tools so online work fits into everyday life without asking for large time changes.