Annai Burrola, LCSW

New Mexico · 3 years in practice

Annai Burrola is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide people through hard moments.

License and registration

LCSW, New Mexico: SWB-2022-1127 · expires July 2026
NPI: 1386301471 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English, Spanish

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About Annai

Annai Burrola is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide people through hard moments. She brings three years of professional clinical experience and a decade of community support work to sessions. Annai speaks English and Spanish and aims to make the first steps toward help feel manageable and clear.

Her approach centers on noticing and naming emotions so people can understand what those feelings are trying to say.

Background and approach

She creates a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. That approach can be helpful for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. Annai also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past bonds shape current reactions.

She helps people spot patterns that come from attachment, adoption, blended family situations, and family of origin dynamics. Mindfulness techniques are used to practice staying present with difficult feelings and reducing overwhelm. Motivational interviewing and client-centered methods are brought in when people want practical momentum toward changes.

These tools help with parenting challenges, coping with life changes, and issues around self-esteem and body image. She names options and helps each person choose the next step. Annai identifies as trauma-informed, bilingual, and bicultural.

She offers an affirming space for ALGBTQ2+ people, those exploring gender dysphoria, people in consensual nonmonogamy or polyamory, and neurodiverse individuals. Her practice is based in New Mexico.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Annai lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
Depression
LGBT
Relationship issues
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Blended family issues
Body image
Communication problems
Control issues
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Traumatic brain injury
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Annai names

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Online support

Emotion-focused and attachment-aware care online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at emotions as a gateway to understanding what matters most. In brief, EFT helps people notice their feelings, link those feelings to needs, and try new ways of responding in relationships and daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape present reactions and helps people identify repeating patterns that affect relationships and coping.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the person sets the pace. The therapist listens closely, reflects back what is heard, and helps clarify goals so changes feel workable. Together, these approaches can address stress, anxiety, trauma-related reactions, parenting challenges, intimacy concerns, and identity questions in a collaborative way.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and reading body language. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can suit quick check-ins, brief coping support, or ongoing reminders between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Annai help with?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, relationship or intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem struggles.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style centers on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment ideas, using mindful exercises and client-centered conversation to help people understand emotions and change patterns.

What experience does she bring?

She has three years of professional clinical experience and ten years of community support work, which shape a practical, people-focused approach.

Where is she located and what is her credential?

She practices in New Mexico and holds the credential LCSW, listed as NM LCSW.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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