Alison Burke is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Coping Skills, Stress, and Women's Issues. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
Difficult or traumatic experiences can impact how you see the world and yourself. These experiences can make you feel afraid in everyday situations and disconnected from the person you used to be. Sometimes these experiences make people forgetful or think too much about the things that they want to forget. These thoughts may be even more persistent now due to COVID-19 and social isolation. Whatever you’re experiencing and whatever you have been through, there is reason to hope. I work from the understanding that trauma survivors are not “broken.” Rather, they have been through something that has caused the way their brain works to change. If you are here, these changes are now likely preventing you from living the life you want. Symptoms of trauma and anxiety often improve with time and therapy. As a licensed clinical social worker, I use a variety of approaches and draw from CBT, Somatic Trauma Therapy, and Narrative Therapy to help my clients pursue their goals and improve thei