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Annai Burrola, LCSW

  • Experience3 years
  • LocationNew Mexico
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
  • LanguagesEnglish and Spanish
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About Annai

Annai Burrola is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who blends trauma-informed care with person-centered methods to help people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship challenges.

Background and approach

She brings three years of professional clinical experience and a decade of community support work to her practice, and she prioritizes creating an accepting, nonjudgmental environment for clients to explore difficult feelings and past experiences. Annai works bilingually in English and Spanish and affirms ALGBTQ2+, sex-positive, polyamory, consensual nonmonogamy, and neurodiversity perspectives.

Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including parenting stress, trauma and abuse, depression, intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, along with additional focuses such as adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, aging issues, autism support, and family-of-origin dynamics.

Annai uses evidence-informed approaches to support clients as they process loss, cope with life transitions, and strengthen communication and self-esteem. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and encourages clients to take the next step when they feel ready.

Integrating relational and parts-focused work in online sessions

Annai uses Internal Family Systems to help people notice and dialogue with different inner parts - the protective, wounded, or reactive parts that shape emotional responses - which can be useful for trauma, anxiety, and patterns that keep repeating. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early bonds influence current relationships and to develop new ways of relating and regulating emotions in connection with others. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person’s own experience and strengths by offering empathic listening and gentle guidance to foster self-understanding and growth.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Annai works with clients to identify which methods fit their needs and goals, adjusting the emphasis over time as trust grows and priorities evolve. The work is paced to the client’s comfort and informed by ongoing discussion about what is most helpful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing people to access care from home or other convenient locations. These options can make scheduling easier and support consistent engagement, while still allowing the therapist to use mindfulness, attachment, and parts-focused interventions in ways that fit each client’s preferences and daily life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
The practice supports a broad set of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, along with related family and identity topics.
What therapeutic approaches and style are used in sessions?
Annai integrates client-centered and attachment-informed ways of working with mindfulness and emotionally-focused strategies to help people explore feelings and relational patterns in a collaborative, nonjudgmental manner.
How much experience does the therapist have?
She holds an LCSW and has three years of professional clinical experience, plus ten years of community support work informing her approach.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LCSW in New Mexico with credential NM LCSW SWB-2022-1127 and practices from that state.
Which languages are available for sessions and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered for online work?
The therapist provides multiple remote formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and preferences.
How are fees and payment structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImmigration issuesInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualityTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyEmotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

3+ years

Licensed

New Mexico

Languages

English, Spanish