- Warm conversational style
- Practical coping tools
- English and Spanish
About Vani
Vani Burnette is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California. She draws on 18 years of clinical experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions. Her tone is warm and interactive, and she aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space for people to talk through hard things.
She blends practical tools with conversational therapy. That can mean using cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts, then trying small experiments to change daily routines. It can also mean using client-centered listening to help someone name values and build clearer goals.
Vani has worked with people who have experienced emotional or physical trauma and with those coping with grief, parenting challenges, or workplace stress. She also supports people dealing with intimacy-related concerns, codependency, and process addictions such as problematic gambling or pornography. Her background includes an undergraduate degree in nutrition and dietetics, which informs a whole-person perspective on wellbeing.
Sessions focus on clear, attainable steps and on understanding patterns that keep problems repeating. She avoids stigmatizing labels and aims to tailor each plan to what the person actually needs. Conversations are collaborative and grounded in everyday life challenges.
If someone is ready to make a change, Vani offers supportive guidance and practical strategies. The initial process begins by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session based on therapist availability.
How her approaches shape online care
Vani integrates attachment-based ideas with client-centered and cognitive behavioral methods to guide online sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and helps people notice how they respond in close relationships. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping the person lead the conversation to clarify values and goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thoughts and teaches practical steps and experiments to change daily behavior and mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means adapting interventions over time and checking in about what feels useful.
Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow for quicker check-ins between longer sessions. It can also let people join from different locations and use tools like worksheets or behavioral experiments between meetings. Discuss scheduling and format details during the matching and booking process to find what works best.
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Experience
18+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting, anger, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
Her style is warm and interactive. She uses client-centered listening alongside cognitive behavioral and solution-focused ideas to help set goals and try practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist in California.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does pricing and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.