Annai Burrola , LCSW

Annai Burrola is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with three years of professional clinical experience and a decade of community support work. As an LCSW she has advanced training in clinical social work and in helping people navigate emotional and relational challenges.

Her practice focuses on supporting people who are coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, and abuse. Annai emphasizes creating an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared freely. She acknowledges that beginning therapy takes courage and affirms each person for taking that first step.

Annai practices from a trauma-informed, bilingual, bicultural perspective and provides therapy that is ALGBTQ2+ affirming, sex positive, and respectful of polyamory and consensual nonmonogamy. She also affirms neurodiversity and aims to offer safe and supportive care that honors each person’s identity and experience.

Approaches to Online Therapy and How They Help

Annai draws from Attachment-Based Therapy, which explores how early and current relationship patterns shape emotional needs and interpersonal responses; this approach can be helpful for people working on family dynamics, attachment issues, and relationship repair.

She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), an approach that helps people identify and work with underlying emotions to strengthen bonds and improve communication in close relationships, including couples and family concerns.

Mindfulness Therapy is another tool in her practice, offering simple attention and breathing techniques that support coping with stress, anxiety, and intense emotions while increasing present-moment awareness.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and Annai works collaboratively with each person to determine what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts methods over time as those needs change.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, stay connected during life transitions, and maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible.