Tamika Burrough , LPC

Tamika Burrough is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oklahoma with 16 years of clinical experience supporting people through difficult life transitions and mental health challenges. She brings a direct yet compassionate approach, meeting clients where they are and helping them build practical skills for managing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship concerns, grief, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, and other issues. Her background includes working with trauma and abuse, LGBT concerns, bipolar disorder, family and blended family dynamics, and a range of attachment and personality issues.

Tamika emphasizes a collaborative counseling style that begins with the individual's priorities. She believes meaningful change starts with the client's goals and values, and she works to empower people to develop coping strategies, improve communication, and make sustainable changes. Her practice also addresses areas such as abandonment and attachment concerns, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, codependency, and coping with major life stressors.

As an LPC, Tamika holds a professional counseling license that reflects graduate-level training and state authorization to provide psychotherapy. She welcomes clients who are ready to take steps toward greater wellbeing and offers supportive, solution-focused guidance tailored to each person she works with.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Tamika Burrough integrates evidence-informed approaches tailored to each client's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical strategies to change them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships, which can be helpful for clients facing emotion-driven challenges. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, centers on understanding and transforming emotional responses in relationships and can support work on attachment, grief, and partnership issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Tamika works collaboratively with clients to explore which methods fit their goals, preferences, and circumstances, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds so the work remains focused and practical.

Online therapy with Tamika is designed for flexibility and accessibility. Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage caregiving responsibilities, or connect from different locations. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques used in person to these formats, offering ongoing support and skill-building in ways that work for each individual.