About Sheetal
Sheetal Siledar-Lee is a California licensed psychologist with 10 years of clinical experience. She focuses on relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She speaks English, Gujarati, Hindi, and Marathi and works with people from diverse backgrounds.
Sheetal aims for straightforward, respectful conversation in sessions. She listens for what matters most to each person and tailors the work to those priorities. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match how comfortable someone feels.
How Sheetal works
Her background includes a decade of helping people manage mood shifts, grief, and the fallout from difficult relationships. She also addresses concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, communication struggles, and caregiver stress. People bringing questions about immigration-related strain, guilt, shame, or finding life purpose will find these areas included in her focus.
In practice she draws on several therapy styles to shape the work to each person’s needs. Techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches and emotion-focused models are mixed with client-centered and attachment-based ideas. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also part of her toolkit for values-driven change.
Sheetal emphasizes practical steps alongside personal reflection. She works with clients to set short-term goals and build skills for everyday challenges. The aim is clearer direction, steadier emotions, and stronger ways of relating to others.
Sheetal lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Sheetal works with
The areas below are the ones Sheetal selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | CA Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches to online therapy and what they do
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that match what matters to someone. It can help people struggling with motivation, life transitions, and persistent difficult emotions by encouraging committed steps toward chosen goals.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust. This approach can help when attachment issues, abandonment wounds, jealousy, or communication problems affect present relationships.
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and uses empathic listening to help someone feel heard and understood. It supports self-esteem work, grief processing, and making sense of major life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can change over time as new issues come up or progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can fit into a short break and need less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, ongoing reflections, and people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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