Annette Burleigh, LCSW

Annette Burleigh is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of practice in Oklahoma. She focuses on helping people navigate family conflict, grief, parenting challenges, and shifts in self-esteem. Her work also addresses broader life changes, including midlife transitions and issues tied to caregiving and aging.

She centers sessions on each person's story and strengths. Annette treats the client as the expert on their own life and builds plans around practical steps that feel doable. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at increasing confidence and motivation.

Annette has long experience supporting people facing loss and end-of-life concerns, including hospice and bereavement matters. She also helps with adoption and foster care questions, blended family dynamics, fertility worries, and money-related stress that affects daily life.

Her background includes work with caregivers and those managing the effects of natural or human-caused disasters. She draws on techniques that have evidence behind them to help people cope and move forward. Annette emphasizes steady progress over quick fixes.

People who choose to work with her can expect a practical, respectful approach. She invites clients to take small steps and build on successes. Annette works in English and accepts international clients for those seeking support from outside the United States.

Therapeutic approaches and online care options

Annette uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and coping skills. One common approach helps people identify patterns in their thinking and behavior and then test new ways of responding to stress and conflict; this can be useful for low self-esteem, parenting challenges, and financial stress.

Another approach emphasizes coping skills for grief and major life transitions. It teaches strategies for managing strong emotions, creating routines, and finding meaningful ways to remember and honor loss while rebuilding daily life. These methods can help during midlife shifts and caregiver strain.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what doesn’t.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered. Confirm current online or in-person options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, remove travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people access a licensed professional from their state or another country when arranged.