- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Sheila
Sheila Vaz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on supporting people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and struggles with motivation and self-esteem. Sheila approaches work with a straightforward, strengths-based view - she treats each person as the expert on their own life.
She aims to help people take the first steps toward change and build on what already works for them.
Background and approach
Her sessions are practical and focused. She uses client-centered methods to listen closely and help clients set goals that matter to them. Sheila also applies cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new ways of coping.
Sheila works with a wide range of concerns including mood challenges, grief, relationship issues, parenting stress, attention difficulties, and process addictions. She also supports people facing life transitions such as divorce, caregiving strain, or serious illness. The emphasis is on usable strategies clients can practice between sessions.
Sessions are offered in English and are delivered remotely by phone, video, live chat, or text messaging. Sheila frames therapy as a collaborative process and looks to match methods to a person’s goals and day-to-day realities. She encourages small, steady steps toward more manageable routines and clearer priorities.
People who choose Sheila can expect direct conversation, goal-focused planning, and techniques rooted in everyday thinking and behavior. Her aim is to empower clients to make sustainable changes that fit their lives.
What Sheila works with
Everything Sheila lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sheila helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Sheila lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Sheila’s Approaches Work Online
Sheila uses client-centered therapy to start conversations where the person’s priorities come first. This approach focuses on listening, understanding what matters most, and helping people build on their existing strengths. It can be useful for people who need a compassionate space to sort out parenting stress, grief, or relationship concerns.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. CBT offers concrete tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and to try new coping strategies for anxiety, mood problems, or addiction-related patterns.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Sheila works with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit daily life, and adjust the plan as needed. She encourages practical experiments between sessions and checks in on what works and what doesn’t.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy fit busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection and brief exchanges during the week. These options aim to make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing family and work demands.
Questions people ask about Sheila
What kinds of concerns does Sheila address?
Sheila helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, low self-esteem, parenting strain, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach to listen and build on strengths, and applies cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
What is her background and experience?
Sheila holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and has six years of professional experience working with the concerns listed on her profile.
Where is she licensed and practicing from?
She is licensed as an LPC in Texas and provides services while based in that state.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what about cost?
Sessions use a subscription model that varies with location and therapist availability and can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Sheila?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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