Luke Burgett
LPCA
Luke Burgett helps boys and men who feel stuck, overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or trapped by unwanted thoughts begin to find peace, reconnect with purpose, and take steady steps toward the life they want to live.
You don't have to have it figured out before you walk in. We'll move at whatever pace makes sense for your story.
Training & Modalities
Who Luke works with
Luke works with boys and men from age 8 through adulthood, seeing clients in person at the Middletown, KY office and online. Many of his clients feel like anxiety, depression, OCD, or intrusive thoughts have started running their life, causing them to avoid situations, disengage from what matters, or feel trapped by unwanted thoughts and the repetitive behaviors that come with trying to manage them. Most are looking for something deeper: peace, steadiness, and a clearer sense of who they are and where they're headed.
Luke's approach
Luke, LPCA, holds a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Colorado Christian University and is ACT trained, with hands-on experience working with anxiety, OCD, depression, and suicidal thoughts in boys and men. His style is calm, relational, and client-paced. He doesn't push clients to process something before they're ready, and shame, confusion, or uncertainty are all welcome in the room exactly as they are.
Clinically, Luke draws heavily from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and CBT, with ideas from Internal Family Systems and Schema Therapy woven in to help clients understand the beliefs shaping how they see themselves and the world. For anxiety and OCD, that can mean gradually facing feared situations rather than avoiding them; for depression, small, values-based steps back toward what matters.
For clients who want it, Luke brings a thoughtful, unforced Christian integration — space to examine how what you believe about God shapes what you believe about yourself, woven naturally into the work rather than tacked onto a technique. This matters most for clients wrestling with guilt, shame, fear of God, or a theology that's made their suffering heavier instead of lighter.
What to expect in your first session
Get oriented
Luke clarifies what counseling with him actually looks like, so it feels less intimidating going in.
Build trust and tell your story
He spends real time understanding your experience before moving toward a plan.
Build the plan together
Goals and next steps are built with you, not handed to you.
Practice new ways of responding
Through skill-building, values work, and — when it fits — faith integration.
Learn more about our approach
Getting started with Luke
The first step is scheduling an appointment through Freedom Counseling Services. From there, Luke's focus is simple: help you stop watching your life get smaller around anxiety, depression, or unwanted thoughts, and start moving — at your pace — toward more peace, resilience, and purpose.
Common questions
Do you only work with adults?+
No. Luke sees boys from age 8 through adult men, adjusting his approach to fit where each client is developmentally.
Do I have to include faith in counseling?+
Only if you want to. Luke's Christian integration is available, never forced, and stays clinically grounded either way.
What is ACT, and how does it help?+
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps you relate differently to painful thoughts and feelings so they stop dictating what you do, building the willingness and clarity to act on what matters even when distress is present.
Do you have experience with heavier struggles, like suicidal thoughts?+
Yes. Luke works directly with anxiety, OCD, depression, and suicidal thoughts in boys and men, and takes these concerns seriously rather than steering around them.