About Shelia
Dr Shelia Rivers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Mississippi. She brings 15 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma, or major life changes. She speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for anyone seeking help.
Her style is direct and compassionate. She uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help people build coping skills and regain a sense of control.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, straightforward tools, and steady progress rather than jargon or abstract theories. Rivers has academic degrees that include a master's and doctorate in social work and a master’s in public health. She is licensed to practice in Mississippi and Louisiana, and she has worked in clinical settings for over a decade and a half.
This background informs a pragmatic approach to common life stresses. She developed a wellness program called Girl Get Your Life Together aimed at helping women move from mere survival to a more grounded and purposeful life. The program emphasizes routine changes, problem-solving, and rebuilding daily habits that support emotional wellbeing.
In sessions, she listens for what matters most and adjusts strategies to fit each person. She aims to be honest and collaborative, helping people set achievable steps and build skills they can use outside therapy. The work is practical, steady, and focused on real-life change.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Dr Rivers commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques that focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and changing behaviors that keep problems going. These methods are helpful for tackling anxiety, low mood, and stress by teaching practical skills to test and change thoughts and routines.She also works with trauma-focused strategies designed to help people process upsetting experiences and reduce their daily impact. Those techniques aim to restore a sense of safety and build stronger emotional regulation after difficult events.
Choosing the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then try methods that suit their situation. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is working and what the client wants to focus on.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give people options that fit their lives. Video is useful for richer conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quicker check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it possible to follow a consistent plan while fitting therapy into work, family, or other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi, Louisiana
- Languages
- English