- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan, Oregon
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Sheila
Sheila Krieger is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and addiction concerns. She offers a straightforward, respectful approach and focuses on building practical skills you can use day to day. Sheila aims to make the first steps feel manageable for people ready to try something different.
Sheila draws from several evidence-informed approaches to shape sessions around each person's needs.
Background and approach
She uses techniques that help people notice difficult thoughts and choose values-based actions. She also pays attention to attachment patterns and emotional bonds that shape how people relate and heal. In the therapy room Sheila works collaboratively to set clear goals.
Sessions can include skill practice, checking how those skills are working, and adjusting plans as needed. She emphasizes compassion and direct support while keeping things pragmatic. Sheila has around ten years of professional experience and holds Michigan licensure as an LPC.
Her background includes helping people with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and coping with major life changes. She also supports people navigating career stress and compassion fatigue. People commonly bring concerns about ADHD, body image, blended family issues, or complex co-occurring problems.
Sheila adapts her approach for each concern and works with clients to track progress and shift course when needed.
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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sheila lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Sheila commonly blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people build more supported ways of relating and responding to emotional triggers.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Sheila will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills from ACT, focus on attachment patterns, or use a mix of techniques tailored to the concern at hand.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick reflections, brief coaching between sessions, or for people who prefer writing over speaking. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress and emotional connection.
Questions people ask about Sheila
What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?
Sheila helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a practical, compassionate style that blends skill practice with conversations about values and emotions. Sessions are collaborative and focused on goals you define together.
How long has Sheila been practicing?
She has approximately ten years of professional work experience supporting people with a range of concerns.
What credentials and region does she represent?
She holds licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor, listed as MI LPC and OR LPC, and she practices from Michigan.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and Sheila accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Sheila provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with Sheila?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to therapist availability.
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