Annai Burrola , LCSW

Annai Burrola is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 3 years of professional practice and 10 years supporting her community. She brings trauma-informed, bicultural, bilingual care to clients in New Mexico, offering therapy in both English and Spanish. Annai focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, family and relationship concerns, parenting, depression, grief, and intimacy-related issues, and she also supports people navigating ADHD, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. She works with diverse family structures and addresses adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, communication challenges, and issues related to gender identity and neurodiversity.

Annai creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared and explored. Her practice is affirming of ALGBTQ2+ identities and intentionally supports sex-positive approaches, polyamory and consensual nonmonogamy, and neurodiversity. She emphasizes collaborative work with clients to understand patterns, strengthen relationships, and build coping strategies that match each person’s needs and goals. Annai draws on evidence-informed methods to help people process difficult experiences and foster greater emotional connection and resilience.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Annai draws from attachment-based work to explore early relationship patterns and how they shape current connections; this approach is useful for people coping with attachment issues, family challenges, and difficulties forming secure relationships. She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to help partners and individuals recognize and express core emotions that affect bonding and communication, which can improve intimacy and resolve recurring conflicts. Mindfulness Therapy is incorporated to teach present-moment awareness and stress management skills that are helpful for anxiety, depression, and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Annai collaborates with each person to identify methods that fit their goals, values, and preferences. She tailors sessions so clients can experiment with techniques and decide what feels most helpful for their situation.

Online therapy with Annai is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals while balancing work, family, and other life responsibilities.