Shelia Storey, LPC

Shelia Storey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem. Her tone is encouraging and direct, aimed at people who are nervous about taking a first step toward change.

Shelia sees each person as the expert on their own life. She starts by listening carefully and by highlighting a person's strengths. From there she helps clients set small, achievable goals and build skills that fit their daily life.

Her work often involves practical strategies to manage cravings, reduce symptoms after trauma, and improve confidence. She uses techniques that help people change unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also supports people who are juggling caregiver stress or money-related worries.

Sessions are framed around what the person wants to accomplish. Shelia uses a collaborative style that combines gentle encouragement with clear steps. Clients can expect straightforward conversation, goal setting, and skill practice between sessions when useful.

Starting therapy can feel hard, and Shelia acknowledges that courage. She aims to make the process manageable and focused on real-life results. To begin, people follow the site's Start Therapy steps and schedule a session according to the listed process.

Approaches that translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building on a person's strengths to set goals and make changes. It helps when someone needs support to clarify values, feel heard, and regain confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, low self-esteem, and behavior change. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills in a structured way that can help with intense emotions and crisis moments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest an approach or mix of approaches. That plan can be adjusted as progress unfolds so the client and therapist stay aligned.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives by removing travel time and allowing appointments around work or caregiving responsibilities. It can also make shorter check-ins more practical when a brief conversation is needed between longer sessions. Confirm the exact session options before booking to know which formats are offered and how scheduling works.