Therapist profile
Vani Burnette, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - relationships and parenting
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- CBT methods
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- Solution-focused steps
About Vani
Vani Burnette is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and life changes. She also supports people coping with trauma, grief, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating difficulties, and issues around career and self-esteem.
Her sessions are interactive and focused on practical steps. She combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered approaches, and Solution-Focused methods to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Conversations are direct and intended to produce manageable actions between sessions.
Burnette brings a background that includes work with people affected by emotional or physical abuse and with those facing parenting and fatherhood questions. She also addresses process addictions, ADHD-related challenges, postpartum concerns, immigration stress, and relationship communication problems. Her work includes helping people who feel stuck by guilt, shame, codependency, or isolation.
She conducts sessions in English and Spanish and practices from California. Fees vary by location and are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. International clients are not accepted.
To begin, people choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. She aims to help people make steady, practical changes that fit their everyday lives.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current connections. It helps people who notice repeated conflicts or fear of closeness to understand and adjust those patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and uses practical exercises to shift them. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep, and worry that interferes with daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and recommend a mix of methods that suits each person. This is a collaborative process that can change as issues shift over time.
The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They can also let people choose audio-only meetings when bandwidth is limited or a quick phone-style session is more practical. Licensed professionals adapt methods like CBT and attachment-focused conversations to work across an online meeting.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
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What kinds of family and parenting concerns does she address?
She helps people with parenting stress, fatherhood issues, communication problems, and relationship strain affecting household life.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is interactive and practical, using Client-Centered listening alongside CBT and solution-focused techniques to find workable steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience working with issues like trauma, depression, anxiety, and relationship and parenting concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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