Sheilah Cameron, LMFT 86948.
She/ Her/ Hers, Wife, Mama x 3, Creative, Nature Lover, and Coffee Enthusiast
Sheilah Cameron is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who provides therapy services to individuals, couples, and families throughout the state of California. Sheilah is the Director of the New Life Counseling Center and is a clinical supervisor for associate therapists. Sheilah’s services are provided: face-to-face in her office in San Diego’s Mission Valley, by phone, or via videoconference.
*Currently, all sessions are conducted via videoconference due to COVID19. In-person sessions will likely be offered again in late 2022.
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Counseling with an emphasis on Marriage & Family Therapy- San Diego State University, CA.
Bachelor of Science, Major in Psychology, Minor in Counseling & Social Change- San Diego State University, CA
TRAINING
Sheilah has gained 60+ hours of training in the areas of sexual assault and domestic violence by volunteering for Center for Community Solutions Sexual Assault Response Team.
Sheilah has been trained by The Rock Church to provide Pre-Marital Counseling and Christian Counseling.
EXPERIENCE
In addition to maintaining a private practice in San Diego, Sheilah has worked as a Personal Counselor for a private university in downtown San Diego, CA.
Sheilah has worked as a School-Based Therapist in The Cajon Valley School District. While there, she collaborated with high-risk students, their parents, and administration to address social, emotional, academic needs, and family distress.
Sheilah has facilitated court-approved co-parenting and anger management groups at both First Avenue Counseling Center and Therapy Connection.
FOCUS
Sheilah is passionate about working with diverse populations. She is dedicated to understanding how cultural and inter-generational experiences play a key role in shaping one’s understanding of themselves and others, specifically that of the Asian-American/ Filipino-American experience.
Sheilah’s clinical focus has been on stress management, perinatal and maternal mental health, work stress, spirituality, anxiety, depression, grief and young-adult issues.
Sheilah has conducted research in the areas of: body image dissatisfaction, military family distress, and the effects of sexual trauma.
Sheilah’s Therapeutic Approach
Sheilah conducts therapy from a Narrative & Solution-Focused paradigm.
Narrative Therapy
Narrative Therapy is a collaborative and non-pathologizing approach to counseling and community work which centres people as the experts of their own lives. A narrative approach views problems as separate from people and assumes people as having many skills, abilities, values, commitments, beliefs and competencies that will assist them to change their relationship with the problems influencing their lives. It is a way of working that considers the broader context of people's lives particularly in the various dimensions of diversity including class, race, gender, sexual orientation and ability. (Source)
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy aims to help people experiencing difficulty find tools they can use immediately to manage symptoms and cope with challenges, is grounded in the belief that although individuals may already have the skills to create change in their lives, they often need help identifying and developing those skills. Similarly, SFBT recognizes that people already know, on some level, what change is needed in their lives, and SFBT practitioners work to help the people in their care clarify their goals. (Source)