My hopes are to be a soft place to fall when discussing life's challenges, difficult topics, painful thoughts & dashed hopes. As a 'young at heart' woman in my 50's, I'm a survivor of many of life's unexpected difficult high & low roads filled with detours, switchbacks & gotten lost trying to get myself over life's mountains. As a daughter, sister, friend, girlfriend, wife, mother, homemaker, older student, divorcee & ultimately becoming a compassionate solution-focused strength's based therapist after learning how powerful talk-therapy is. I'm familiar with life's sudden wake-up calls w/missed signs, getting comfortable & days/weeks become months/years w/o noticing how I'd drifted into patterns that didn't take into consideration my own wants, wishes & needs. I've been there. We all have histories where we made good, bad, convenient & self-defeating decisions based on what we knew. We've also been alongside others who may have done the same & negatively impacted you on your journey. Experience & wisdom can be incredible teachers. Understanding our truths of 'how-when-what-how-why' of it all can be the glue that sets us free from repeating/role-modeling what hurt/deterred us most. My innate curiosity, successes & failures has led me to find the honest answers I needed most and why I became a therapist. I earned my License as Clinical Social Worker with a focus on Adult Mental Health & Addiction. I've honed my passion, purpose & skills to help shorten the learning curve & needless suffering of those facing the slippery slopes when life's difficult moments/transitions were around corners we couldn't see.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
It isn't always easy to make the decision to seek talk therapy, go on to navigate health insurance & make your 1st appt. I get it. I've been in your position off/on in my life & been a requirement of my education/licensure. It wasn't always as expected & the 'match' was off. This is why I've done my best to be myself in my profile in how I voice my thoughts, experience and natural way of speaking. If you find yourself drawn to my style & personality, it will likely bring you relief that I'm approachable, non-judgmental & a great listener. I ask that you bring a list of questions of things you'd like to know more about me to rule in/out that I'm a safe place to share emotionally intimate details of your life's journey in areas you feel challenged by. I'll ask you about what you'd like to work on, why it's important & then onto what your unique wants-wishes-needs are as goals to work towards.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I've been told by clients that I'm personable, transparent, honestly interested in building the bridge from where you find yourself to where you want to be & passionate about keeping it simple. I don't push, poke or prod you to go into areas you're not comfortable with yet & follow your lead as we work together till you feel empowered to go onto the next phase of your life w/new knowledge & abilities to face it head on.
About Sheila Graves
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118 Waters Edge Drive, Williamsburg, VA, USAAppointments
Virtual & in-personMy treatment methods
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
Attachment-based
Child Parent Psychotherapy
Humanistic
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CBT-SP)
On average, Oscar clients pay $0-$40
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