Hannia Burke-Aguero , LPC

Hannia Burke-Aguero is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a state credential that indicates advanced training and authorization to provide professional counseling, based in Missouri with three decades of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people restore balance by identifying the patterns and obstacles that contribute to stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and other life changes. Her work emphasizes compassionate, purposeful change that supports long-term well-being.

She uses a collaborative, individualized approach and draws on a range of evidence-based techniques to match interventions to each person’s needs. As a bilingual and bicultural practitioner fluent in English and Spanish, she brings both professional skill and cultural insight to interactions, creating a welcoming environment where clients feel seen and respected. Her areas of focus include mood and anxiety disorders, panic and trauma-related concerns, relationship and attachment issues, caregiver stress, adjustments to cultural transition, and coping with chronic health conditions and life transitions.

Outside of her clinical work, she enjoys time with family and grandchildren, and finds renewal through exercise, cooking, gardening, interior remodeling and decorating, learning about different cultures, and travel. These personal interests inform a practical, life-centered perspective in therapy that aims to support meaningful change and everyday functioning.

Evidence-Based Techniques Delivered Online

Hannia Burke-Aguero integrates proven therapeutic methods to address stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and trauma. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, offering practical tools for managing anxiety, mood issues, and everyday stress. Mindfulness-based approaches teach present-moment awareness and stress-reduction skills that can reduce emotional reactivity and improve coping with life transitions. Prolonged Exposure Therapy is an evidence-informed method used for trauma and PTSD that gradually supports safe, structured engagement with distressing memories to reduce avoidance and symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. She works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and tailors techniques to fit cultural background, life circumstances, and the pace the client prefers. This collaborative process helps identify what will be most helpful over time.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to access consistent care despite busy schedules or geographic distance. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, allow continuity during life changes, and make it simpler to maintain regular contact with licensed professionals and therapists when support is needed.