Sheila Seals , LCSW

A native New Orleanian, Sheila Seals built a career that took her to New York, California, Florida, and Texas before she returned to Louisiana. Her varied professional journey includes roles in community mental health centers, non-profits, and schools, giving her a wide range of experience with different populations and settings.

Sheila earned a Master of Social Work in Direct Services from Tulane University. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - and a Board Approved Clinical Supervisor, credentials that reflect decades of clinical practice and supervisory experience. Across her 39 years in the field, she has worked with individuals and groups, families, adults, and children.

Her work emphasizes stress and anxiety management, anger management, and self-esteem development, with additional training in parenting issues, grief and loss, substance addictions, disaster recovery, aging and geriatric concerns, custody matters, and communication within relationships. Clinically she blends client-centered and solutions-focused techniques with active, compassionate listening to develop individualized plans. Sheila engages people with care and respect, helping them build practical skills and emotional resilience while honoring each person’s strengths and life story.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Sheila often draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening respectfully and building a collaborative relationship so clients feel understood and can explore their own solutions. This approach is helpful for people working on self-esteem, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

Sheila also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is commonly used for stress, anxiety, depression, and managing practical coping skills for everyday challenges.

Attachment-based therapy is another influence in her work, emphasizing how early relationships affect current emotional patterns and interpersonal dynamics. This approach can support healing from trauma, family-of-origin issues, and difficulties in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sheila collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as therapy progresses to ensure the best possible fit.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around caregiving, work, and mobility needs while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.