Ashia Burns, MHC-LP

About Ashia

Ashia Burns’ work with clients is informed by her training as a writer. She views individuals as separate from their problems, making them capable of moving beyond long-held beliefs and habits to rewrite the stories of their lives. 

If you are feeling stuck, fearful, or otherwise unsatisfied, Ashia can guide you to a path of deeper satisfaction and connection with your life’s purpose. Working with you as a collaborator, she will help you break through old patterns to discover the clarity and emotional stability you’ve been craving. 

If you are dealing with any of the following issues, Ashia may be a great fit for you:

  • Perfectionism. Somewhere along the way, you picked up the idea that in order to be appreciated, you needed to be perfect. Ashia can help you get past this debilitating belief and redefine what it means to be successful.

  • Overachieving. Perhaps you feel the need to do too much, and it’s no longer sustainable. Ashia can support you in resisting outside pressure and help you develop more practical approaches to affirming your sense of self worth.

  • Poor emotional regulation. Are you struggling with extreme mood swings or becoming too emotionally reactive? Ashia can help you understand why this is happening, and how to maintain a more balanced and healthy relationship with your emotions.

  • Anxiety and depression. Ashia can help you get perspective on the problems that are weighing you down, so you can begin to feel lighter and more capable of managing them.

  • Identity struggles. Ashia’s compassionate approach to exploring identity focuses on self-care, acceptance, inner alignment, and an embrace of one’s true desires. She is especially passionate about supporting people from marginalized communities, including people of marginalized genders (women, trans, and nonbinary clients), BIPOC clients, and LGBTQIA+ folks.

  • Coming out. Ashia has a particular sensitivity to difficulties around coming out to family, friends, and associates. She can be a trusted partner in your own process of becoming your best self and living fully in the world. 

  • Questions about parenthood. Perhaps you are considering becoming a parent. Ashia can help you work through questions around starting a family of your own as you continue to clarify your own life’s journey.

Much in the same way a skilled editor helps a writer develop their story, Ashia will work with you to clarify the central themes of your life and reveal your most authentic and desired narrative. She’ll help you transform the pressures you are feeling into opportunities for growth and discovery, and realize the potential you already carry inside you.

Education:

  • Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine from Boston University

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Temple University