Akinlana Burrowes, LMHC, LCMHC

Akinlana Burrowes is a licensed clinician based in North Carolina who brings an integrative, expressive arts-informed approach to mental health care. She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and is licensed to practice in both Massachusetts and North Carolina. With seven years of clinical experience, she combines traditional psychotherapy with expressive art forms and body-based therapies to address a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and challenges tied to systemic oppression.

Her practice blends evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, mindfulness techniques, motivational interviewing, and trauma-focused strategies with creative modalities like music, dance/movement, visual art, drama, and poetry. This cross-cultural, interdisciplinary background supports clients who may find talking alone insufficient and who prefer to engage with healing through movement, sound, or visual expression.

She has worked both in the United States and overseas, bringing an awareness of multicultural dynamics to issues such as prejudice, discrimination, workplace stress, relationship concerns, and questions of life purpose and self-worth. Akinlana emphasizes collaboration - creating a space where clients lead their own journey while receiving validation and practical tools to build resilience and self-compassion.