Dr. Shelia Lumar, LPC
Compassionate counselor helping people manage strong emotions
Book with SheliaWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Shelia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shelia
Dr. Shelia Lumar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction.
She also supports those facing relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and anger concerns. She uses straightforward, respectful conversation to help people move forward. Dr.
Lumar views each person as the expert on their own life. She looks for strengths and practical steps clients can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Her approach is collaborative and clear, with an emphasis on real-world change rather than jargon. In sessions she blends client-centered listening with goal-focused tools. That combination helps people understand patterns and try new behaviors.
She also draws on emotion-focused work to address deep relationship pain and attachment issues. People come to Dr. Lumar for help with life transitions, trauma, and problems that affect daily functioning.
She offers ways to manage intense feelings such as anger or panic and to rebuild trust in relationships. She also supports career concerns, body image struggles, and coping after loss. Her approach is practical and paced to each person.
She explains options, invites feedback, and adjusts as progress is made. For many people the work begins with one clear step and then builds from there.
What Shelia works with
Everything Shelia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shelia's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shelia lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches work online
Dr. Lumar uses client-centered methods to focus on each person's goals and strengths. This approach means sessions start with listening and building a plan that fits the client. It is useful when someone feels stuck and needs a place to make sense of their story.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT offers practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns, helpful for anxiety, anger, and low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy informs her work around relationship pain and attachment, helping people notice and shift the emotions that keep conflicts repeating.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Sheila will talk with each client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients are invited to give feedback so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation, while phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited. Chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework, or when someone needs a shorter option during a busy day.
Questions people ask about Shelia
What concerns does Dr. Lumar address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, anger, relationship issues, grief, parenting challenges, and career concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She combines listening with practical steps clients can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Dr. Lumar has 20 years of experience working in counseling settings and brings long-term clinical practice to her work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Session costs vary with location and therapist availability and are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.