Sheila McAuliffe
Where mental clarity meets whole-body vitality, true mental wellness is achieved by aligning the mind, body, and physiology into one cohesive, optimized system. As a dual-certified Family Nurse Practitioner & Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over 15 years of experience, this practice is designed for individuals seeking a higher level of personalized, results-driven care through telehealth. The approach bridges the gap between medical science and mental wellness, recognizing that symptoms such as anxiety, low mood, fatigue, irritability, and poor focus are often rooted in a complex interplay between biological, hormonal, and lifestyle factors. Care is centered on identifying and targeting the symptoms that are actively interfering with performance, relationships, and overall quality of life—rather than placing emphasis solely on diagnostic labels. Thoughtful, evidence-based medication management is utilized when appropriate to stabilize and support, allowing therapy and personal growth work to be more effective and sustainable. Every treatment plan is developed through a collaborative, high-touch experience, integrating clinical expertise with each individual’s goals, values, and lifestyle. This concierge-style model prioritizes access, discretion, and efficiency, delivering a refined, holistic approach to mental wellness for those who are ready to invest in lasting, meaningful change.
First session
From the very first session, the focus is clear: understanding what is truly impacting your day-to-day life and creating a plan that moves you forward. Our initial appointment is a comprehensive, one-hour evaluation centered on identifying your target symptoms, those patterns that are interfering with your mood, focus, energy, sleep, or overall sense of balance. Your completed intake paperwork is thoughtfully reviewed together to ensure no detail is overlooked, allowing for a highly personalized and efficient approach to care. Medication management, when appropriate, is customized with precision and intention—used as a supportive tool to help stabilize symptoms and enhance your ability to fully engage in your growth and healing process. This is a collaborative experience. You are in the driver’s seat, setting the direction based on your goals, values, and vision for your life. My role is to serve as your guide—offering clinical expertise, insight, and structure to help you navigate the path forward with clarity and confidence. ******************************PLEASE READ if you are interested in an appointment ************************** Our Practice, Safe Landing Wellness Center, does requires an intake form for consents to treat you as well as helpful intake information about you that is emailed to your inbox PRIOR scheduling an appointment. Please look at your inbox or your trash/spam folders. In order to make your appointment experience as customized and beneficial for you, these intake forms help us find the best treatment plan. Safe Landing Wellness Center will send to you an email with *consents and intake paperwork* when we see their is a new appointment request from Grow Therapy. Grow Therapy is designed for therapist. However, when medication is being prescribed, intake paperwork regarding your consent to treat, your medical and mental health history is imperative for your best benefit and to provide high-evidence standard of care. If you are interested in customized medication management for your mental wellness; please complete the intake paperwork that has been emailed to you. This is necessary for new intakes to our practice, which is not affiliated with the Grow therapy paperwork that is sent by them. To ensure we are meeting the needs of all interested parties, your appointment that you set on Grow, will not be confirmed until the consents/intake paperwork from Safe Landing Wellness Center is received. In order ensure that appointment times are available to those seeking out care, Safe Landing cannot move forward with any interested person who have scheduled on Grow, but did not fill out the consents from Safe Landing Wellness Center to ensure privacy, compliance with HIPPA, and to best tailor your customized medication management treatment plan. Our Practice, Safe Landing Wellness Center, does requires an intake form for consents to treat you as well as helpful intake information about you that is emailed to your inbox PRIOR scheduling an appointment. Please look at your inbox or your trash/spam
Strengths
The greatest strengths of this approach lie in delivering comprehensive, results-driven mental wellness care grounded in over 15 years of combined medical and psychiatric clinical experience. Care is rooted in evidence-based practice while maintaining a holistic lens—recognizing the powerful connection between neurotransmitters, hormones, lifestyle, and emotional well-being. Treatment is highly individualized, with customized medication management designed to target the specific symptoms that are disrupting daily life and limiting personal growth. The goal of medication is not simply symptom reduction, but optimization—enhancing clarity, stability, and resilience so the therapeutic work you engage in becomes more effective and transformative. By integrating medical insight with a whole-person approach, this model supports meaningful life adjustments and empowers you to step into your highest level of functioning and become your best self.
Ideal clients
adults who are struggling with managing their life and daily tasks, help improve their ability to have balance with utilizing medication management to assist with meeting the goals in their therapy process. My clinical approach includes the fundamental concept of healing the mind-body connection for your treatment plan. My training and clinical experience in the medical and mental health sectors in the last 15 years have allowed me to provide integrative care of the whole person, and not a the diagnosis.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Looking outside of the typical mental health diagnosis box, that's what I do best. I customize treatment plans by considering all medical possibilities for your target symptoms that are causing you distress, along with your mental health history. Together we come up with a medication plan. Utilizing evidence-based practice to positively impact the neuroplasticity of your brain's neural pathways is key. The goal is to decrease the pain around the main target symptom and beyond. Each session, I assess for symptoms of what could be impairing your higher functioning in life. We build from the foundation up, a healthier, brighter you. My clinical approach includes the fundamental concept of healing the mind-body connection for your treatment plan. My training and clinical experience in the medical and mental health sectors in the last 16 years have allowed me to provide integrative care of the whole person, and not a the diagnosis. Safe Landing Wellness Center is a soft place to land, where you can put down your burdens and start to rebuild. This is your space to share, feel understood, and where your experiences & life story are honored. You are in the driver's seat with your treatment plan and I am here to guide you in your journey.
Psychoeducation
I have been a board-certified and licensed Nurse Practitioner for over 13 years in NY and NC. My clinical experience has highlighted the vast oversight of how untreated medical issues can create direct paths to misdiagnosed mental health issues. I bring the medical and mind together.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- North CarolinaLicense 5009981