Shelia Williamson Collins, PhD, NC

Licensed

Online Counseling

(51 reviews)

PhD, LCMHC, CCMHC Dr. Shelia Williamson Collins

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

Mental health conditions are real, common and treatable.

And recovery is possible.

Dr. Shelia Williamson Collins is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

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Licensing: PhD, LCMHC, CCMHC Years in Practice: 14 State: North Carolina

Hello, I am Dr. Shelia Williamson Collins, PhD, NCC, LCMHC, CCMHC, LCAS, CCS, SAP, MAC. I am a board certified clinical mental health counselor and addiction counselor with nearly 20 years of experience in behavioral health. I am licensed as a clinical counselor in the states of North Carolina, Illinois, and Alaska. I have a PhD in General Psychology from Northcentral University. I also have a master's degree in Community Counseling and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Chicago State University.

I have worked in an adult inpatient psychiatric unit, outpatient behavioral clinic, community-based mental health services, and residential substance abuse treatment programs. My counseling style is person-centered. I have a diverse therapeutic approach to counseling. However, my primary approach includes cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy. I specialize in mood disorders, anger management, addictions education, and relapse prevention.

I believe that everyone has a story to tell; and I am here to listen. Giving voice to your concerns and issues is the first step to healing. We can accomplish this together.

It would be my honor to work with you to assist you in reaching your healthy goals.

Please let me know if you would prefer weekly sessions, and I will do my best to accommodate.

About online counseling

Online counseling allows you to receive care from an online mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Issues: Stress Anxiety Addictions Trauma and abuse Anger management Depression LGBT Relationship issues Family conflicts Grief Intimacy-related issues Eating disorders Parenting issues Self esteem Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue ADHD
Languages Spoken: English

Services offered

Professional, confidential, and judgment-free

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Dr. Collin’s is a great listener and she is great at identifying issues and explaining how to cope through them

Dr Williamson Collins seems to be really kind and understanding. She listens and tries to get deeper inquiry into issues I am having. So far she has been helpful even with only one session completed.

This doctor is very kind and compassionate. She makes me feel heard.

I feel like I'm a difficult case because I'm a social worker but my therapist knows how to speak to me in a way that helps me understand. I enjoy my therapy sessions with Dr. Collins and I feel like she is very knowledgeable.

Dr. Williamson's incite is right on. I value her input. She reduces situations to bite size lessons and helps me understand my reasoning behind my behaviors.

Dr. Williamson-Collins listens well and always gives me applicable advice when I voice my concerns about how I am processing information and the perspectives that I would like to adopt.

She's awesome at her work and extremely competent. Patient and understanding while being helpful. I am appreciative of her services

It has been a long time since I have trusted anyone to confide in my thoughts and worries. It isn't easy when you have trauma history, however, Dr. Collins is very understanding and she appears genuine. I enjoy our sessions and I feel relaxed after every session.

Dr Collins is a fantastic therapist and was extremely helpful. A great listener and empathizer who can assist in working through whatever brought you to BetterHelp. I would 100% work with Dr Collins again in the future.

Dr. Williamson Collins is sharp. Her ability to articulate what I'm going through is brilliant. She arms me with tools to cope with my current issues. She gives measurable action steps that's doable.

I feel heard and seen. That’s important.

Very insightful

A great listener and communicator while being understanding. A great person

I love the way Dr. Williamson listens and takes in my situation. She is always coming up with ideas that help and gets what I need to work on. She is always there and ready to help. I can reach her anytime. This sight really has a lot to offer everyone. I have already recommended it to others.

Dr. Williamson is a calm and understanding therapist that always listens and has a variety of tools to pass on that I use in everyday situations. Extremely grateful for her efforts!

She truly listens and guides the way you are nost comfortable

She’s a good therapist

She’s wise, understanding and capable of helping you recognizing the best way to handle challenging situations

She is absolutely amazing and had been a great help.

Very transparent, real and down to earth great listener and very experienced.

Amazingly helpful kind and considerate. Very appreciative of the help you’ve provided.

She is attentive, kind, knowledgeable, and just all-around amazing, keep doing what you're doing.

Great, expertise in the field and listens

She’s been a great therapist since I started speaking to her

Dr. Williamson Collins provides good strategies to help cope with changes and transitions.

I have been working with Dr Williamson on and off now for nearly a year, she really understands me and have really helped me with my thought process, she is amazing and I highly recommend her

Dr Sheila Williamson-Collins is a great therapist

Dr Williamson is one of the loveliest people. She takes the time to listen and understand a client's situation and emotions and very kindly works through them. She's amazing.

This has been one of the best experiences in my life! It has been hugely impactful on how I go about my day to day.

Dr. Williamson Collins is one of the best Counsellors I have had so far. She listens and guides you to find a solution.

She is great!

Dr. Collins is a great listener and has given me actionable strategies for managing my anxiety. These are tools that I didn’t know about before talking to her, so I’m very grateful for her insights.

Excited to grow and see more!

Dr. Williamson Collin’s is easy to talk to, warm, and professional. I have very much enjoyed working with her so far.

I appreciate someone who I feel can relate the type of pain I’m working through. I am so grateful to feel understood. It’s a very good feeling to be able to speak honestly and openly to someone that has experienced similar life experiences and how gay fact provides me with so much more assurance that the advice I’m being given is coming from a place of “been there done that” so to speak. I’ve been challenged in the past with feeling confident in therapy due to the fact that I felt I could not relate to my therapist I would be very guarded and sometimes not comfortable enough to share my true feelings.

Dr. Collins was a good person to talk to and on more than one occasion I felt the weight lift off my shoulders after talking to her. I had explored another counselor before and I didn't feel too heard... just parroted =/

With only two talking sessions I feel comfortable talking and listen to Dr Collins. She’s patient and just a blessing to talk to, I feel safe to tell her what’s actually on my mind and know I’ll get an honest neutral response that’s is carefully thought through.

Dr. Williamson Collins is incredible. She is a great listener but also provide wonderful feedback and help. I could not be more satisfied and grateful to e-meet her. I would recommend her 200%. Thank you!!!

I absolutely love my time with Dr. Williamson. When I was matched with her, it was a bit of full circle moment because we share the same hometown and she grew up in the same area as my mother. I love that she checks in with me during the week outside of scheduled appt times to express genuine concern. She always has the perfect insight and is a great, empathetic listener. Whether it’s via chat or phone call, we always touch base on the topics I want to tackle. She really helped me process and begin the process of overcoming trauma and anxiety. More importantly, she effortlessly lightens the mood and makes me laugh when she shares stories about her own trials and tribulations and overcoming them. I would definitely recommend her to everyone, especially (Black) women.

Dr. Williamson Collins has been nothing short of amazing. She has always been extremely supportive and understanding. I honestly could not have asked for a better person to express how I'm feeling too. I feel very lucky and grateful.

Dr. Collins was an incredible counselor - understanding, open, and extremely honest. She really helped me out!.

I can't say enough good things about Sheila. She is kind, sensible, diligent, remarkably well qualified and has a knack for getting to the root of the issue.

She really has such a beautiful insight on things. She makes me feel like I can accomplish anything even when I feel down. I highly recommend her.

Best counselor I've had thus far. Can understand me easily. He personal accounts help me not to feel so alone.

Dr. Collins is the type of counselor I was looking for. She is knowledgable and actually offered actionable steps for me and didn't just regurgitate what I was expressing. I wish we'd have more time to go a little deeper in fact, but she was always able to respond to any messages I sent out of our session.

I was glad that we had some things that we could relate on. She is very kind and really helped me see things from a different perspective.

Dr. Willoamson Collins is very quick to respond to any messages that I send. She is very good at checking in on me as well!

I like that she checks up on me and allows me to express myself in a way that is very understanding.

I appreciate working with Dr. Collins. She is patient, knowledgeable and a pleasure to talk to. I would recommend her to anyone who wants to feel seen and heard.

I have enjoyed the talks and messaging back and forth with Dr. Williamson Collins. She always responds in a timely manner. I love the fact that she sincerely wants to help me go through the struggles I am having now, and my issues from my past. Dr. a Williamson Collins is truly dedicated to helping those in need. I had to cancel a video session on very short notice and felt absolutely horrible for wasting her time that could have been helpful to others. I say that, but I have no doubt in my mind that did exactly that. I can not imagine her wasting any time. She was so understanding and comforting when I apologized. I felt very at ease with her. I have received informational readings, and also worksheets to complete after reading. I would highly recommend anyone who is struggling through lives difficult moments to look her up.

Dr. Williamson Collins is phenomenal. She is very attentive and gave an exact response to all of my concerns. She offered many tools to assist me in handling my issues. I couldn't recommend her enough!

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