About Sheila
Sheila Adams is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of experience in mental health. She brings steady, practical support to people managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and other life changes. Her language is plain and direct.
She focuses on real problems and clear next steps. Sheila began her work in child welfare and later worked in community mental health. That background means she has seen a wide range of situations and knows how to adapt her approach to different needs.
Background and approach
She draws on methods that help people stop feeling stuck and begin making changes. In sessions Sheila listens first and then helps clients set small, doable goals. She uses client-centered work to follow a person’s priorities and cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Mindfulness and solution-focused strategies are used to build coping skills and short-term progress. For people dealing with trauma, Sheila incorporates trauma-aware methods to reduce distress and support recovery. She also uses dialectical behavior ideas to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings become overwhelming.
Her style stays practical and goal-oriented while keeping the person’s experience central. Sheila works with adults on issues such as addiction, grief, anger, self-esteem, bipolar challenges, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and LGBT concerns. She explains options clearly and helps people choose approaches that fit their life.
If a parent is worried about coping or a person is facing a loss or big change, she helps outline the next steps and a plan of action.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Sheila commonly combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered therapy means she follows the person's concerns and priorities, offering active listening and reflective responses to help people clarify what matters. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach concrete skills. DBT techniques concentrate on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness for people who feel overwhelmed by strong feelings. Sheila discusses these options with each person and tailors which tools are used based on the problem at hand.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Sheila works collaboratively to learn about goals, daily routines, and what has or has not helped in the past. Together they try methods, check progress, and adjust the plan so it fits the client's needs and preferences.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction when helpful, phone calls can work better with lower bandwidth, and live chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or days when writing feels easier. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life and help people keep momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Oklahoma, Missouri
- Languages
- English