Annette Burleigh

Annette Burleigh is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Oklahoma with 30 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people navigate family conflict, grief, parenting challenges, and major life changes. Her work centers on practical support and building on each person's strengths to manage difficult moments.

Annette listens first and then helps people identify what already works in their lives. Sessions often focus on clear steps you can try between meetings, plus ways to strengthen motivation and self esteem. She encourages clients to name small goals and notice progress as they go.

Her background includes long-term work with grief and loss, caregiver stress, and issues that touch families such as adoption, blended family questions, and fertility-related concerns. She also brings experience supporting people through aging and geriatric issues, money and financial stress, and midlife transitions.

Annette frames clients as the expert in their story and emphasizes practical tools that fit daily life. She highlights coping strategies for both sudden crises and slower changes, such as disaster recovery and adjustment to new roles. Her approach is straightforward and focused on usable steps.

For people seeking help around end-of-life matters, Annette includes hospice and end-of-life counseling among her focus areas and draws on decades of experience with grief and caregiving challenges. To begin, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Annette uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical problem solving and coping skills. One common approach helps people break large problems into small, manageable steps and practice new behaviors between sessions; this is useful for parenting challenges, motivation, and rebuilding confidence. Another approach centers on grief processing and caregiving stress, offering ways to name feelings, organize daily routines, and find supports during loss or end-of-life situations.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust those methods as needs change over time.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session formats before booking since the biography does not list formats. In general, online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also help maintain continuity of care for people in different locations, including international clients. The focus remains practical - using sessions to plan actions, rehearse conversations, and track progress from one meeting to the next.