Dr. Naeema Burgess

PROFILE

Giving Hope LLC, led by Dr. Naeema Burgess, is an African American, English‑speaking Christian practice dedicated to providing compassionate, faith‑sensitive mental health care. Their intake process includes thoughtful questions about a client’s faith to ensure treatment that honors each person’s spiritual background.

Dr. Burgess is active in her faith tradition and feels very comfortable sharing her spiritual beliefs when it supports the therapeutic process. With a client’s consent or request, she may incorporate practices such as prayer, meditation, biblical scripture, and other spiritual texts into sessions. She is also deeply comfortable working with clients for whom faith is an important part of life, offering a space where emotional and spiritual healing can work together.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE 

Adolescent

Anxiety

Children

Depression

Divorce

Family

Geriatric Mental Health (Elderly)

Grief

Life Coach

Marriage & Couples

Men's Issues

Ministry Leadership / Missionary

Parenting

Pregnancy

Postpartum Depression

Racial Identity

Relationship Issues

Self-esteem

Sex Abuse

Spirituality

Stress

Women's Issues

Autism

ADHD

learning challenges

parent management

CLINICAL APPROACHES 

Acceptance & Commitment

Art Therapy

Christian Counseling

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Couples/Marital

Electroconvulsive Therapy

Faithbased

Family

Humanistic

Integrative

Interventions

Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)

Motivational Interviewing

Nutritional Therapy

Parent Child Interaction

Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

Restoration Therapy (RT)

Solution Focus Brief Therapy

Trauma Focused

Eclectics

PAYMENT INFORMATION 

$200-350 per session

Offering a sliding scale

Accepts Insurance: Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Medicaid, Oscar Health, UnitedHealthcare, Other: Op tum, Out of Network