Therapy that meets you where you are—and takes you deeper.
Kari Burden
Therapist

Kari Burden

MS, LPC, CEDS

Pronouns | she, her, hers
Kari is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. She obtained her M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Georgia State University in 2019. She brings experience providing individual, group, and family therapy to individuals with eating disorders and co-occurring disorders within hospital, residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient settings.

Kari specializes in working with teens and adults who are navigating eating disorders, complex trauma, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, perfectionism, body image issues, chronic illness, and life transitions. Kari is passionate about working with humans from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ clients, neurodivergent individuals, and those whose lives or relationships involve kink, polyamory, or consensual nonmonogamy.

Kari brings an empathetic, curious, and nonjudgmental presence to the therapeutic space. Her approach is culturally responsive, strengths-based, and rooted in social justice. She utilizes CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, narrative therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to guide clients toward personal growth and healing. Kari considers it a deep honor and privilege to walk beside each of her clients on their respective journeys.

Favorite Resources

Books:

  • All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
  • Building a Life Worth Living: a Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan
  • Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity by Imi Lo
  • 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb
  • Life Without Ed by Jenni Schaefer
  • Hunger by Roxane Gay
  • The Art of Body Acceptance by Ashlee Bennett
  • Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters
  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

Podcasts:

  • This American Life
  • Hidden Brain
  • Unlocking Us with Brene Brown