Sheila Wassell, BACP

Sheila Wassell is a humanistic counsellor with 18 years of practice. She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sheila works in an eclectic, creative way to help people who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck.

Sheila offers empathic support and aims to build a trusting relationship. She uses different media and approaches so people can express thoughts and feelings that are hard to say aloud. The goal is to help someone regain a sense of control and personal choice.

In sessions Sheila helps people clarify problems that affect day-to-day life. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and coping with big life changes. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, addictions, grief, eating and sleeping issues, and compassion fatigue.

Sheila addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, communication problems, codependency and commitment worries. Additional areas she focuses on include abandonment, attachment issues, chronic illness, body image and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and Asperger syndrome.

Her practice draws on client-centred principles, attachment-based thinking, cognitive behavioural ideas, emotionally-focused work and mindfulness. Sheila aims to help people find practical steps and to build new ways of managing difficult feelings. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to set up an initial appointment.

How Sheila's approaches translate to online work

Sheila draws on client-centred practice, attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques. Client-centred work focuses on listening, reflection and supporting each person to find their own answers; this helps when someone feels unheard or overwhelmed. Attachment-based approaches look at patterns in close relationships and how past experiences shape current trust and connection, useful for relationship and intimacy concerns. Cognitive behavioural elements help identify unhelpful thoughts and test practical changes, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping strategies.

Deciding on the right approach is part of the process. Sheila will work collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals and preferences. Together they can try different ways of working and adjust based on what feels most helpful.

The biography does not specify which online formats are offered, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, family or travel and can reduce time spent travelling. Some formats suit shorter check-ins, others allow fuller conversations; discuss what you need when you complete the matching questionnaire so sessions can be arranged to fit everyday life.