About Shelia
Dr. Shelia Williamson Collins is a licensed professional counselor with 18 years of experience. She practices in North Carolina and brings a practical, person-focused style to sessions.
Dr. Collins keeps things direct and compassionate so people can talk about what matters most to them. Her background includes work across inpatient psychiatric care, outpatient behavioral clinics, community mental health services, and residential substance use treatment.
That range has given her experience with mood disorders, addictions, relapse prevention, and anger management.
How Shelia works
She also addresses trauma, grief, intimacy concerns, and stress-related struggles. Dr. Collins uses Client-Centered Therapy to make room for each person's story, letting the person's priorities lead the work.
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping skills and emotional regulation. Together these approaches guide practical steps between sessions. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
People can expect to talk about current problems, learn coping tools, and practice new skills. Dr. Collins supports work on communication problems, caregiver stress, process addictions, and multicultural concerns among other areas.
Her style is steady and respectful, focusing on listening first and then building plans that fit daily life. For someone juggling difficult emotions or life changes, she aims to make therapy understandable and useful.
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What Shelia works with
The areas below are the ones Shelia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How her approaches translate to online work
Dr. Collins draws on Client-Centered Therapy to make space for each person's story, listening and following what matters most to the individual. This approach helps build trust and keeps goals focused on the person's priorities.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT works well for anxiety, depression, stress, and many mood or behavior patterns by providing clear tools and exercises to practice between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy is used to teach concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills can be helpful for intense emotions, impulse concerns, and relationship or communication problems.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Collins will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges, then shape the work together. She often blends techniques so sessions feel tailored rather than rigid.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer visits and skill-building work, phone calls are helpful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support brief check-ins or between-session notes. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistent contact when that helps progress.
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