About D.J. Burr, LMHC | Trauma & Addiction Therapist

My Story

My name is D.J. Burr. I'm a licensed therapist (LMHC, LPC) and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with 16 years of clinical experience. I help adults break free from sex addiction, trauma, and codependency using structured recovery frameworks that honor both your struggle and your strength. Real healing needs structure and honest connection, not just one or the other.

I'm also in long-term personal recovery. I know the pull of addiction and the work recovery actually takes. I know the difference between surviving and building a life, and that's the place I want to help you get to.

I'm trained in EMDR therapy, which matters here because most of the compulsive behavior I treat is rooted in trauma that was never fully processed. That's the layer we work on together.

Beyond addiction and trauma work, I also work with men navigating what getting older actually feels like — the health stuff, the identity shifts, the grief, the pressure of everything hitting at once. I'm in my forties. I'm living this chapter too.

I'm a Black, gay, cis-gender man. I'm a published author, speaker, and podcast host. I bring all of it into this work.

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Professional Disclosure

Counseling Specialties

Trauma and PTSD
Sex & Porn Addiction
Codependency
Compulsive Behaviors
Men & Aging

Education & Credentials

MS, Argosy University, Atlanta
BS, Kennesaw State University
Licensed in: WA, GA, VT, VA, SC, OR

Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
Trained in EMDR Treatment

My Approach

Group and Individual Counseling

In addition to individual counseling, I run online therapy groups for men in sexual addiction recovery.

Recovery is Possible

Compulsive behavior numbs lifelong pain, for a while. Then it wears off and you feel trapped again. Lasting recovery means changing what you believe about yourself and how you handle what life throws at you. A big part of that is simply learning to stop treating yourself so badly. I’ll help you become your own advocate instead of your own worst critic.

Addressing Trauma to Recover from Addiction

Trauma drives a lot of compulsive behavior. If something overwhelming happened to you, turning to a behavior to cope made sense at the time. In therapy, we disrupt that cycle at the source, by treating the trauma underneath, not just the behavior on the surface.