About Sheila
Sheila Bagshaw is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with seven years of professional experience. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety and those trying to cope with grief, loss and big life changes. Sheila aims to meet each person with respect, sensitivity and compassion from the first conversation.
She uses a person-centred way of working to shape sessions around what matters to each client.
Background and approach
That means the conversation and the goals are led by the person in front of her. Sheila also draws on mindfulness techniques to help people calm their thinking and stay present during difficult moments. When someone wants practical steps, she uses solution-focused ideas to identify small, achievable changes.
These short-term strategies sit alongside the more open, exploratory work of person-centred therapy. Sheila adapts the mix depending on the client’s priorities and pace. She has supported people with relationship tensions, self-esteem struggles, parenting concerns and attention-related difficulties.
She also has experience with complex issues such as trauma, domestic violence, addiction, bereavement and chronic illness challenges. Conversations are tailored to the issue being brought to therapy. Sessions are conducted in English and offered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Sheila asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling so she can understand needs and begin to plan sessions.
How Sheila’s approaches work online
Sheila uses a person-centred approach that places the client’s priorities at the centre of each session. This way of working focuses on listening, understanding and following the client’s lead so therapy reflects what matters most to them.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice their thoughts and bodily reactions and to develop calmer responses to anxiety and stress. These practices can be used in short exercises during a session or as simple daily routines between meetings.
Solution-focused work is part of her toolkit for people who want practical steps and quick gains. It zeroes in on small, realistic changes and builds on what is already working rather than only exploring problems.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Sheila will talk through goals, preferences and what has helped before, and together they will pick methods that feel right. The plan can change as needs shift over time.
Online therapy with Sheila is offered by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video calls are useful when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter exchanges or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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