- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee, Mississippi
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Shelia
Shelia Woods is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of professional experience. She is licensed in Tennessee and practices from Mississippi, offering support for people facing addiction, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting challenges. She speaks English and works with clients internationally using online formats.
Shelia focuses on building an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters most to them. She encourages honest conversation about feelings, motivation, and self-worth.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to help people make small, practical changes that reduce stress and boost confidence. Her background includes helping people manage trauma, bipolar disorder, ADHD, sleep difficulties, and the long-term strain of caregiving or compassion fatigue. She also addresses career uncertainty, life transitions, and struggles around purpose and isolation.
She brings steady support to complicated issues like addiction, infidelity, grief, and end-of-life concerns. Therapy with her tends to be collaborative and straightforward. She helps set goals, notices what works, and adapts plans when needed.
The approach is practical: identify concrete next steps, practice new skills, and check progress over time. Sessions are available via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on her availability.
The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
What Shelia works with
Everything Shelia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shelia helps people with.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Approaches that guide online sessions
Evidence-based techniques are used to focus on practical change and emotional recovery. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches specific tools for managing mood, sleep, and addictive urges; this helps people practice concrete strategies between sessions. Another frequently used method centers on trauma-informed care, which pays attention to past harm and teaches ways to reduce reactivity and build safer routines.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily challenges to decide which techniques to try first. Plans are adjusted based on what helps, so sessions stay focused and useful for each person's situation.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues when needed. Phone sessions can be a good alternative when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between meetings or fit brief sessions into a busy day. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep continuity of care across locations.
Questions people ask about Shelia
What concerns does she address?
Shelia works with a broad range of issues including addictions, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting, trauma and stress related to caregiving.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She favors a collaborative, straightforward approach that emphasizes honest conversation, goal-setting, and practical steps clients can try between sessions.
What professional background does she bring?
She has eight years of clinical experience and has supported people dealing with mood disorders, ADHD, grief, and long-term caregiver strain.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an MS and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She practices from Mississippi and is also licensed in Tennessee.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients for remote therapy.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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