Licensed to practice in California and accepts 19 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Fertility & Reproduction Issues, Life Transitions and 3 more.
(she/her)
You're the one everyone calls first; composed outside, exhausted inside. I'm Dr. Dezetta Burnett, DSW, LCSW. My virtual California practice helps women and professionals work through anxiety, burnout, boundaries, and the waiting and grief of IVF. Sessions are direct and practical: you'll leave with a clear next step, not just insight. Midday weekday telehealth, built to fit inside your workday.
Your first session is a conversation, not a checklist. We’ll talk about what brought you in and what you want to change or understand better about yourself and your relationships. I’ll ask, listen, and start naming the patterns and dynamics underneath the distress. You’ll get a real feel for how I think, and whether we’re a fit. You should leave steadier than you arrived, with somewhere to go next.
My greatest strength is helping clients see themselves clearly without judgment. My style is direct and compassionate, and it moves past surface conversation into real work quickly. I work especially well with high-functioning adults, where the hardest dynamics go unexamined precisely because life looks successful from the outside. I won’t let avoidance quietly shape your progress, but the work stays grounded in respect and safety. You’ll feel both stretched and steadied in the same session, and you’ll leave with something to act on.
I'm best positioned to work with high-functioning women and professionals who are successful in many areas of their lives but feel unsettled, anxious, or unfulfilled in their relationships. Privately, they may struggle with anxious attachment, over-functioning, fear of rejection, difficulty setting boundaries, emotional suppression, or giving far more than they receive. My clients are thoughtful, insightful, and motivated for growth. They are not looking for quick reassurance; they want to understand why they respond the way they do, how their history influences their current relationships, and how to build healthier, more secure ways of connecting. Many are navigating dating, long-term relationship stress, breakup recovery, career transitions, identity shifts, or the waiting and grief of fertility and IVF. They are ready to take responsibility for their patterns and do the deeper work required for lasting change. If you're ready to understand yourself at a deeper level and build relationships that actually feel good, I would love to work with you.
Cash - $275 per session
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
AvMed
Blue Shield
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
IHSS Healthy Workers
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Sutter Health Plan
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
CBT has been a cornerstone of my clinical work across more than a decade in behavioral health, and my doctoral training deepened both my command of the model and my ability to adapt it to complex, high-functioning clients. Overthinking is exhausting, especially when you can't logic your way out of it. I use CBT to help you identify the thought patterns and core beliefs driving your anxiety, relationship struggles, and self-doubt. Together we'll challenge distorted thinking, reframe the narratives that keep you stuck, and build new responses that align with who you want to become. You'll leave sessions with tools you can use the same day.
I've used Motivational Interviewing throughout my career in behavioral health, where meeting people at their actual readiness for change, not where anyone thinks they should be, is everything. If you're already your own harshest critic, the last thing you need is a therapist pushing you. MI creates space to honestly explore what you want versus what you feel you should want. Instead of compliance or performative progress, we build genuine internal motivation, so the changes you make actually last. This matters most in our early sessions, as we establish trust and get clear on what you truly want your life and relationships to look like.
Humanistic therapy has been the foundation beneath my clinical work since my earliest training, and more than a decade of practice has only deepened my conviction in its core belief: you are the expert on your own life. You don't need to be fixed; you need to be seen clearly, without judgment. If you've spent years performing capability for everyone around you, our sessions are the one place you don't have to. I bring warmth, honesty, and genuine respect for your capacity to grow, and from that grounded, accepting foundation we do the deeper work of becoming who you actually want to be.
Across my years of clinical practice, Solution-Focused Brief Treatment is the method I've seen serve driven, goal-oriented clients best, and it fits naturally with my direct, practical style. You don't have years to spend circling the same problems, and you won't have to. We'll move quickly from what isn't working to what's possible, identifying your strengths, the successes you've already built, and concrete steps you can act on between sessions. If you're motivated but need a clear framework to turn insight into action, this is where our work will feel most tangible.
1 rating with written reviews
August 4, 2026
I just want to say how glad I am that I found Dr. Burnett. Even after our first session, I already feel like she is a great fit for my needs. I am excited to continue working with her.