Clinicians who offer sliding scale payment structures may offer lower or reduced fees based on an individual's ability to pay. Please contact this clinician for more details regarding their fees or sliding scale policy.My Approach to Helping
Christopher Burke, LMHC: For decades now, I have been helping people recover from addiction along with those who, seemingly, had a hopeless and helpless state of mind. If you are struggling with addiction stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, abuse, PTSD, motivation, self-esteem, confidence, or just being stuck, there are answers. Those answers can come in the form of universal truths, principles, evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and Spirituality. If you want to: confront your fears, get a healthy perspective, develop healthier life habits, get relief from stress, andor work on overcoming challenges, we have a reason to talk.
There are certain elements necessary in therapy in order to maintain a space of positivity, growth, and healing. That is the job of the therapist — my job. It is imperative that I maintain a judgment-free space, a space that is challenging but comforting, and a process that is enlightening, direct, and retrospective. My guess is that getting started can be pretty scary — to talk to someone you do not know about things that make you uncomfortable, sad, angry, or embarrassed — but I would like to reassure you that this process is here to help you grow and lead you to a more meaningful and purposeful life. My first job is to have you get comfortable by building rapport. By being direct that rapport turns into a therapeutic alliance that promotes positive change in your life.