About Sheila
Sheila Levine welcomes people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life changes. She often supports those dealing with addictions, relationship strain, anger, or low mood. Sheila writes plainly and aims to make each session feel direct and practical.
Sheila is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - based in Connecticut. She brings 33 years of clinical experience to her work. She treats concerns such as trauma and grief, intimacy issues, eating and mood disorders, ADHD, and LGBT-related matters.
How Sheila works
In sessions she focuses on clear goals and useful skills. Sheila uses approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness to help people notice patterns, manage strong emotions, and try new behaviors. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas to build motivation and find workable steps forward.
Sheila believes clients are the experts on their own lives. She helps people use their existing strengths to confront hard problems and make steady changes. Progress is usually practical rather than theoretical - learning a skill, testing a strategy, and adjusting what doesn’t work.
Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns beyond anxiety and addiction. These include codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, gender dysphoria, obsessive-compulsive patterns, smoking or vaping cessation, and young adult issues. Sessions are offered in English and tailored to the person’s goals.
Sheila lists 5 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 33 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Connecticut |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Sheila commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, obsessions, and behavior change tasks like smoking or vaping cessation.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. DBT-style skills can be useful for strong anger, mood swings, relationship reactivity, and coping when feelings feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sheila will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean focusing on short-term problem solving, learning coping skills, or combining tools across approaches as treatment progresses.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different places, while phone sessions can fit into a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, homework review, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule consistent work and to try different formats as needs change.
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