Claudia Burns, LPC

Claudia Burns is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 20 years of experience. She combines straightforward emotional support with practical skills to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and other life challenges. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, and she values building a strong therapeutic relationship first.

Claudia trained later in life after raising three sons and working at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed a master’s degree in psychology while working full time and learned a great deal during practicum and internship placements in psychiatric settings. Early experiences included work in a county hospital psychiatric ward, disaster response at the Astrodome after Hurricane Katrina, and clinical work with eating disorders.

She spent 15 years doing neuropsychological testing, often spending a full day with a client to assess cognitive, emotional, and mental functioning. That work deepened her understanding of how traumatic injuries, chronic illness, and life changes can produce PTSD, depression, anxiety, and the need to adjust to new realities.

Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques and psychodynamic ideas, with use of attachment-based and mindfulness principles as appropriate. Sessions focus on emotional support, education, insight, and practical tools people can use between meetings. Humor and empathy are part of how she connects with clients.

Claudia has led an online panic disorder support group and has personal experience with counseling herself. She has worked with people dealing with aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness, disability, grief, relationship strain, and many mood and anxiety concerns. To begin, people follow the site's matching steps and schedule according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Claudia frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based ideas to guide her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and how early connections shape emotional responses, which can help with relationship strain, grief, and long-standing patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adjust methods as progress is made. That collaborative process helps make sessions feel purposeful and relevant to daily life.

Confirm current session formats before booking so you know what options are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when time is limited, and reduce the need to travel. Licensed professionals can use online meetings to teach skills, review progress, and plan steps to cope with life changes such as illness, aging concerns, or recovery from trauma.