Individual Therapy

Here you meet with Dr. Sheila one-on-one. As the patient, you decide what to talk about in each session. Dr. Sheila’s role is to listen deeply to you, and to offer insight and guidance that will help you uncover and heal the unconscious issues that are driving your behavior.

You can work through any issue in individual therapy: it’s the type of therapy chosen most commonly by patients. However, to accelerate your healing process, you can choose to add group therapy to your treatment plan.

Group Therapy

As the name implies, you meet with Dr. Sheila as part of a group, typically between six and 10 people. When you’re struggling with relationships, group therapy offers a social context for you to replicate the relationships you have in your everyday life. You become aware of your behavior and thought patterns so that you can begin to heal the relationship issues that are causing distress.

You have a chance to talk about your issues to the group. Other group members offer support, insights and reflection, so that you don’t feel so alone with your problems. Dr. Sheila’s role is to guide the process and to make sure that you get the therapeutic help you need.

The group experience can be a powerful compliment to the intensely focused work of individual therapy. Dr. Sheila is a certified group psychotherapist.

“Using both group and individual therapy as a form of treatment accelerates a person’s healing and growth. While individual therapy offers in-depth understanding into a person’s psyche, group therapy offers a corrective healing experience that replicates one’s family and relationship dynamics. This combination is outstanding and extremely effective.” Dr. Sheila

For your protection, all participants commit to keeping all information confidential.

If you feel isolated, depressed, shy or troubled, joining a group can be an excellent solution. You can find a complete list of Dr. Sheila’s current groups here.

Adjunct Couple And Family Therapy

This is a form of treatment where other people are invited into your individual session. This happens only with your permission. The purpose is to enhance your therapeutic experience and offer additional opportunities to heal.

You may need to communicate something to a spouse, a family member, a roommate, friend or colleague, but the thought of doing it on your own throws you into a state of total terror, panic or paralysis. When you invite that person into your session, Dr. Sheila can facilitate the communication, and make sure that everyone is heard and understood.

Or there may be issues where other family members can throw light on your situation. In this case, it’s wise to invite them to participate so that you can heal more quickly.

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is a form of treatment that is effective in healing certain behavior patterns. It is often used to help patients stop smoking, manage their weight or learn to relax. Where appropriate, Dr. Sheila will recommend hypnotherapy as an adjunct to individual therapy.

Dr. Sheila is one of the few clinicians in the United States to train in a hypnotherapy technique for smoking cessation, that reports a 95% success rate in a single session.

Coaching

Coaching differs from therapy in that it’s focused not on your emotional issues, but on moving forward and achieving results in your life.

At those times in the therapeutic process when you feel you’re ready and willing to move forward in your life, Dr. Sheila uses her coaching skills to help you set goals, make action plans, and brainstorm ideas. She also makes strong requests regarding concrete action steps. You are accountable to Dr. Sheila for taking the steps you agree to take. In this way, you consistently reach your objectives.

To discuss her services in more detail, call Dr. Sheila at 310-828-8004