Mia Burgan, LPC-Associate

Background and Experience

Mia primarily works with children and adolescents and their families.  She has worked as an intact family case manager in Illinois helping  ensure children’s and family’s safety. This entailed working with  substance use, domestic violence, mental health concerns, environmental  concerns, and inadequate supervision. She then worked at a counseling  office in Illinois focusing on providing specialized evaluation and  treatment to youth that were either the victims of sexual abuse or have  sexual behavior problems. Mia also worked with trauma, separation and  grief, depression, anxiety, inappropriate boundaries, mental health  disorders, self-esteem, and increasing coping skills. Mia utilizes a  strength-based approach using the client’s strengths in treatment. Mia  strives to create a safe space, encourage collaboration between herself  and the client, empower the individual, and help the individual through  life’s challenges.  

Personal Statement

As a teenager, I went through multiple difficult life events. I knew  from a young age I wanted to help someone the way I needed help. My  education and training confirmed my love for helping people. One of the  best feelings is seeing people heal and overcome things they did not  think they could do. I value the connection between the client and  counselor in the counseling process.  I use an eclectic approach  utilizing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy  while also using a humanistic, developmental, strength-based framework.  For me, all these fancy terms mean understanding where the client is  coming from, what is going on in their life, what are some ways to make  life more comfortable, and have the client share what they want to get  out of counseling. Treatment will be adapted for each specific client as  no person shares the same story.  

Education and Training

Mia earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of North  Texas in Denton, Texas in 2019 with honors. In 2022, she earned her  Master of Counseling from Lincoln Christain University with honors in  Lincoln, Illinois. Mia worked as an intact family case manager while  pursuing her masters. As an intact manager she worked with Illinois DCFS  appointed families dealing with substance use, domestic violence,  mental health concerns, environmental concerns, and inadequate  supervision to ensure the children were safe in the home. She would  assess safety and risk factors, assist with mediation and conflict  resolution, and connect family to resources. Mia gained her clinical  experience working at a sexual abuse clinic in Illinois where she  provided evaluations and treatment to youth with sexual trauma or  inappropriate sexual behaviors. She would assist the clients’ and their  families heal from the trauma of sexual abuse. Mia also worked with  trauma, foster care concerns, self-esteem, mental health disorders, and  developing adaptive coping skills. In her experience, she has provided  therapy to children, adolescents, families, and groups.   

Schedule

Mia is in the Plano office on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays

Fees

Session fees range from $65 to $100 

License #: 89685

To schedule with Mia or one of our other therapists, call us today at 469-342-3468!