About me

Hi, my name is Allison and I am a Licensed Independent Social Worker with five years of experience working in the mental health and behavioral health fields with a concentration on children and families. I am a rostered Child-Parent Psychotherapy provider as well as a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional. I have received training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Theraplay among other modalities.
I have experience working with individuals experiencing symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and trauma.
My counseling style is client-driven. I truly believe that the key to reaching desired outcomes is a positive therapeutic alliance and I look forward to forming such an alliance with you.

Specialties

  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Family conflicts
  • Trauma, Abuse
  • Parenting issues
  • ADHD
Also experienced in:
Relationship issues , Grief , Anger management , Self esteem , Depression , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , Attachment issues , Family Problems , Impulsivity , Multicultural Concerns , Panic disorder and panic attacks , Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 8

Services offered


  • Messaging

  • Live Chat

  • Phone

  • Video

Licensing

OH LISW I.1800884-SUPV

MD LCSW-C 28487

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Allison Burnam. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.

Written on Jan 04, 2024 after therapy with Allison for 1 year and 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and grief

Allison is a great listener. I also love her recall and dot connecting between past and recent things I’ve shared. I love the challenging questions and resource material she suggests. I’m glad I have Allison as my therapist.

Recently I referred a friend to teencounseling.com. While we were in a zoom call he looked it up and started the process of perusing his enrollment. He’s out of state so I told him he would likely be given a different person. I told him I’m sure he will be pleased.

Written on Nov 21, 2023 after therapy with Allison for 2 years and 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and trauma and abuse

Allison has been a key piece in my healing and growth from complex PTSD. She is thoughtful and insightful and has an extraordinary gift for truly listening to someone in a deep and meaningful way. I have been in therapy on and off for 30 years and this is by far the most progress I have made!

Written on Oct 17, 2022 after therapy with Allison for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, self esteem, and career difficulties

Allison is extremely kind and very thoughtful. She’s a great listener and also provides really helpful advice and ideas for how to manage whatever it is you’re struggling with. She’s been nothing short of great!

Written on Mar 16, 2022 after therapy with Allison for 1 year and 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes

Allison is the best!!’

Written on Dec 04, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

This year has been full of a lot of changes, growing pains, and stress - Allison has been so supportive in helping me navigate all of it! She uses all the tools teencounseling.com has and I am so grateful I can send her a message when I am having a bad day.

Written on Sep 14, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 10 months on issues concerning adhd

Allison is great, however I wish I could schedule sessions in teen counseling more than just once at a time in advance to help with consistency and keep a regular schedule.

Written on Sep 08, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, parenting issues, and coping with life changes

Allison is wonderful, she is very thoughtful and provides helpful insights. I highly recommend her, especially if you are new to online therapy.

Written on Aug 09, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue

Allison has been wonderful to work with. I feel very seen and heard with her. I will wholeheartedly recommend her to my family and friends.

Written on Jun 09, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and career difficulties

She's so wonderful. Responds as soon as she can and always encourages you to reach out if you need her even on her days off.

Written on May 10, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 1 month on issues concerning depression, and stress, anxiety

This has been a Godsend

Written on May 06, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 2 months on issues concerning trauma and abuse

Allison has helped me through a period of transition and processing trauma from recent years and back through childhood, especially the religious trauma that has affected my relationship with myself and others. I highly recommend her!

Written on Apr 25, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, and self esteem

I’ve only had a few sessions with Allison but have felt almost immediately at ease and relaxed in their presence. It feels easy to be open and honest even with parts of myself that are usually hard to open up about. I appreciate that while I feel Allison being neutral and supportive in listening to me and really hearing my thoughts and concerns, Allison will also offer input that I find useful and engaging (compared to other experiences I’ve had where the counselor just feels too much at a distance). It feels like talking with a good friend, while staying present and aware in their professionalism and their clear expertise in counseling and therapy. I have seen at least five other therapists and have never felt this sense of ease or desire to continue therapy before (usually I would feel closed off and uncomfortable still after 3 or 4 sessions and then discontinue). I am looking forward to digging deeper with their guidance.

Written on Apr 21, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd

She has been very supportive on my issue and give some tools on helping me. She is extremely responsive on my messages!

Written on Apr 11, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, and adhd

My time with Allison has been such an asset. I appreciate her!

Written on Mar 26, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, sleeping disorders, and self esteem

Allison is great! Very responsive. She is very approachable and easy to talk to!

Written on Mar 17, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and anger management

Allison is a great listener who has good energy and the vibes of a pure and kind soul. She's very good with her delivery of sentences and the way she explains things.

Written on Jan 17, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 4 weeks

Excellent to talk to and easy to set up!

Written on Jan 01, 2021 after therapy with Allison for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, and intimacy-related issues

Great and very open communication. Makes me feel heard

Written on Dec 06, 2020 after therapy with Allison for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Allison is very kind, understanding and compassionate. She has helped me greatly with my anxiety and depression and I’m very grateful to have her support. She really cares and her open minded nature makes it easy to communicate. 10/10

Written on Oct 26, 2020 after therapy with Allison for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd

She is amazing. Perfect for someone in their early 2020s, and she makes me, a person who has trouble talking with most people, extremely comfortable.

Written on Oct 14, 2020 after therapy with Allison for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes

I love talking her. Respectable and engaging.

Written on Sep 23, 2020 after therapy with Allison for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, and adhd

Alison has been and continues to help me through probably the hardest time of my life to date, speaking openly with her has helped me with parts if my life that if I'm honest I never felt comftable speaking to anyone about. Shes helping me retrain my thought process and understand my situation which is helping me cope with it.
Shes has given me tools to help see things diffrently, shes very kind and caring, shes truly changed my scepticism around seaking help.

Work with me!