About Sheila
Sheila Adams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with ten years of experience in mental health. She began her career working with families involved in the child welfare system and later worked in community mental health. Sheila works with individuals and brings a calm, direct approach to therapy.
Sheila helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and difficulties with relationships. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and compassion fatigue.
How Sheila works
Her practice includes work with LGBT concerns and family-related stress for individuals. Sheila uses straightforward, goal-oriented work to help clients make practical changes. She draws from client-centered methods to understand each person’s priorities.
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits. For people dealing with past trauma or painful memories, Sheila incorporates eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to reduce distress and create new ways of relating to difficult events. Mindfulness practices and elements of dialectical behavior therapy help clients manage intense emotions and improve coping skills.
Sessions focus on what a person wants to change next and on small steps to get there. Sheila invites collaborative planning so clients leave with clear tools and simple next actions.
Sheila lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Sheila works with
The areas below are the ones Sheila selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
How Sheila's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Sheila uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's priorities and goals, creating a space where clients feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors that reduce anxiety and depression. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be used online to help process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sheila will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences and then recommend techniques that fit. That plan can change as progress is made so clients get a tailored path forward.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like flexible scheduling and reduced travel time. Video calls let people work face to face when that matters. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide on-the-go access for brief updates, coping reminders, and between-session support.
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