Founder, Therapist, Board Approved Supervisor
Sheila is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. and She has served in number of different therapeutic settings for the past 18 years. She has worked in private practice providing individual, family and group therapy. She has experience working at drug and alcohol treatment centers, as well as other clinic settings. Sheila has also worked with ARMHS and CTSS providing therapeutic services in client’s homes. As a Minnesota Board Approved Supervisor Sheila currently provides supervision for pre-licensed mental health practitioners as well as master's level students in counseling programs. Sheila founded Panoramic Perspectives Therapy and Training in 2022 and has a passion for providing quality supervision for new clinicians.
Sheila’s therapeutic approach places a high value on learning coping skills in conjunction with exploring root causes for disruptive mental health symptoms.
Sheila has experience treating Depression, Anxiety, Personality Disorders, PTSD, and mental health diagnosis that often accompany addiction. She works with adults and teens with diverse backgrounds. Her treatment approaches include DBT (structured skills-based therapy focused on behavior change), CBT (assessing and problem-solving around environmental triggers and reframing thoughts that exacerbate symptoms), Solution-Focused therapy (short-term goal oriented strengths based focus) Motivational Interviewing (focus on client motivation to elicit change), and Family Systems therapy (family relationship dynamics, exploring family function, characteristics, and life cycle).
Sheila earned her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Bethel University, her Undergraduate Degree in Psychology from Northwestern University, and Certificate in Post Secondary Teaching from Bethel University. She completed her internship and subsequently served as adjunct faculty at Northwestern University.
