Dr. Shelia Williamson Collins, LPC, LCPC

Dr. Shelia Williamson Collins is a licensed professional counselor with 18 years of clinical experience. She practices in North Carolina and brings a direct, person-centered style to sessions. She listens first, then helps people set clear goals and practical steps toward change.

Her background includes work across inpatient, outpatient, and residential settings, which shaped her understanding of mood and addiction concerns. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered methods to address stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. These approaches are used to help people change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills.

In sessions she focuses on concrete strategies. That can mean learning new ways to manage anger, building routines for mood stability, or creating relapse prevention plans for substance or process addiction. She also addresses parenting strain, caregiver stress, communication problems, and grief with practical steps and clear goals.

Dr. Collins recognizes the role of cultural background in healing and pays attention to multicultural concerns when working on trauma, post-traumatic stress, or identity-related stress. She offers straightforward support for intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, ADHD, and bipolar mood concerns.

People can expect a collaborative partnership that centers their story while teaching everyday tools. She helps clients decide whether short-term skill work or longer support fits their needs. Language of sessions is English and care is provided through several online and phone formats.

How CBT, DBT, and Person-Centered Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a supportive relationship so people feel heard and can set their own goals. This approach helps when someone needs a safe space to sort out feelings and make decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It can be helpful for strong mood swings, anger, and problems with coping under stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for full sessions and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not desired, live chat can allow quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing skill practice between sessions.