Events don't cause what you feel, how you talk to you about these events does! Seeking help is difficult enough, and it's my job to make the process easier by offering the people I serve a warm, empathic, and safe place to address their challenges. If you are struggling with a particular issue or simply looking for a safe place to express yourself, I'm excited to begin the process with you.
I am Kendrick Burden, and I'm a licensed clinical social worker and trauma counselor specializing in the field of mental wellness. I have 13 years of experience as a general practitioner in a community-based outpatient mental health clinic providing individual, family, couples, and group therapy. My areas of expertise include depression, self-esteem, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and health issues, domestic violence, and adjusting to many of the challenges life throws our way. I utilize a client-centered approach (meaning that YOU are the expert on you) that will allow you to identify your own strengths and resources, as well as cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based therapeutic approaches.
The best year of your life is when you take ownership of every problem and challenge in your life. Ownership is saying, here's what I have, what do I do with it, and how do I go forward. I'm here to help you take OWNERSHIP of your life.
Also experienced in:
Addictions, Working with Children, Trauma, and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Blended Family Issues, Caregiver Issues, and Stress, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication Problems, Parenting Problems, Divorce and Separation, Family Problems, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Mood Disorders, Personality Disorders, Self-Harm, Social Anxiety, and Phobia.
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Health, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization, and Reprocessing Therapy
Years of Experience: 13
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Depression, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
NC LCSW C012715
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Appreciative for the safe space to be unfiltered and not judged
Written on Dec 21, 2025 after therapy with Kendrick for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue
Kendrick has helped in more ways than I can explain. These last 6 months have been the first of therapy for me, but also as a time to actually sit down and look at myself in the more, regarding self love and not beating myself up as much. I’ve learned a good bit about myself and how I’ve functioned over the last two years. I couldn’t thank him enough. My goal is to continue growing into the man I want to be and who God wants me to be. I want to continue meeting with Kendrick.
Also, BLACK MEN, therapy is needed in our community! It’s okay to be expressive and share what you feel!!
Written on Nov 14, 2025 after therapy with Kendrick for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, eating disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and coaching
Kendrick is great at sharing his knowledge in an approachable way. He is caring while also staying practical. I've really enjoyed his grounding presence.
Written on Jul 21, 2025 after therapy with Kendrick for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Kendrick has been helpful with guiding me through certain problems I have been dealing with. He has given me great suggestion on how to work through these issue. I highly recommend Kendrick.
Written on Jul 14, 2025 after therapy with Kendrick for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem
Kendrick helped me get through a very dark time in my life. I was going through the early stages of a Separation and Divorce when I realized I needed help. The sessions he created based around Cognitive Processing Therapy helped me to hold onto the good parts of myself as I was working through this difficult time and gave me tools change the way I view myself and the way I was moving through life. As Black man that was dealing with the stigma that "only crazy or mentally weak people need therapy", I am forever grateful that I was paired up with Kendrick.
Written on Mar 06, 2023 after therapy with Kendrick for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, self esteem, relationship issues, career difficulties, grief, compassion fatigue, and coaching
Great Guy, Awesome therapist! Helped me in a dark part of my life
Written on May 19, 2022 after therapy with Kendrick for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes