I will never change to another therapist, Sheila is my person and the work we do together has become very personal and evolving.
Sheila Flipse, LCPC
Experienced mental health professional
Provides online counseling through BetterHelp
At a glance
Sheila is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.
- 4.5 stars
- Clients are very satisfied with Sheila. View 134 reviews
- Speaks English
- Offers Telehealth visits
- Licensed in Nevada and New York
Recent reviews
Sheila Flipse has helped me greatly. She helps me identify issues behind my difficulties and offers guidance that helps me come to terms with them and resolve them. She has a caring manner and offers excellent guidance.
More about Sheila
- 30 years' experience
- Female
- LCPC, LMHC
Hi, my name is Sheila Flipse. My passion is to come along side individuals who are hurting and struggling and walk with them through their journey to health and wholeness in a kind and compassionate manner. I am a licensed clinical professional counselor in the state of Nevada, and a licensed mental health counselor in the state of New York. I am also a national certified counselor.
Born in Liverpool, England I moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada as a child. I moved the United States to attend college and graduate school. In 2000 I became an American citizen. My areas of specialty include grief and loss, depression, anxiety and stress. While I was a college professor, I developed a class entitled, Death and Dying that has proved helpful to many people over the last few years. I love to help people build a healthy self concept and develop confidence. I have over 30 years of counseling experience.
My professional life has included working with the homeless, elderly, prison, college and military populations. I have lots of experience with relationship and marital concerns. In my spare time I enjoy traveling (62 countries so far!), having fun with my Shichon, Ozzie, playing board games and volunteering for community activities.
My approach is very much cognitive behavioral therapy with motivational interviewing techniques. Together we work to find out what is working in the client's life and develop those skills and techniques. Then I work at helping the client become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking patterns so that they can begin to view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in more effective ways.
I offer video chat, phone calls or live text chat. My calendar is available for you to schedule appointments with me. I do ask that if you schedule an appointment with me, that you keep the appointment. By canceling, it may create unavailability for someone who really needs to chat. As a recent widow, it may be necessary for my dog Ozzie to be present during our counseling sessions as he is adjusting to his loss as well.
It would be my honor to work with you.
Specialties
Treatment Approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Licenses
Sheila Flipse's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932649464.
- LCPC · Nevada · 0177 · Expires January 2026
- LMHC · New York · 000649 · Expires April 2026
About online counseling
- Affordable.
- Pay a low flat fee.
- Convenient.
- Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
- Available now.
- There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.
Online counseling allows you to receive care from a 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.
Reviews for Sheila Flipse
All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.
Overall rating:
I will never change to another therapist, Sheila is my person and the work we do together has become very personal and evolving.
Sheila Flipse has helped me greatly. She helps me identify issues behind my difficulties and offers guidance that helps me come to terms with them and resolve them. She has a caring manner and offers excellent guidance.
She is very kind and patient and has really been helping.
So far I love her! I’ve only spoken to her once
Kind, professional, encouraging
My experience with Sheila has been great. From our first session Sheila has made me feel comfortable and listened to, creating a safe space for me to share.
Great listener. Good advice. Empathetic. Informative.
Sheila is a fantastic therapist. She not only has solid advice but also makes me feel comfortable sharing things with her and relatable as well. I highly recommend Sheila.
Always love our sessions! Been speaking with her for over 5 years now! 100% recommend
Sheila has been a great help to me. I live the spiral connection and her common sense honest approach to helping me.
Amazing
Sheila is a beautiful soul who loves the Lord and loves letting Him work through her! She is talented, professional, and warm. I'm blessed, indeed!
Very thankful for Sheila. She knows right where I'm at and gives great tools to put into practice. Has been very professional, caring and warm. Refreshing experience each session. Praise God!!
Sheila continues to hit it out of the park. She is thoughful, yet direct. I appreciate her very much!
Shelia has been very supportive and was a good fit for me to talk to. It has been nice to have outside input for my struggles and the tools that were given to me to help were great!
She is great and helped me very much. She is calm, rational, very understanding, and nonjudgemental. Highly recommend!
Sheila is a gift that I needed during a very difficult time. I am blessed because she has walked this earth and our paths crossed. Thank you, Jesus!
I have only started using the service for a few weeks but my counselor had support me in many ways and help me to find a good way to open conversation with my spouse for the difficult topics. I would recommend her to others who have the same struggles of mine. I want to thank my counselor to keep calm at the scary moments of my life as well.
I've just recently reconnected with Sheila. She was helpful during my previous sessions. I would recommend Sheila for counseling. She is empathetic and caring and makes me feel like she is my sister more than just a counselor.
Thoughtful, active listener who is very responsive. She provided several different tools to help me think through my current situation. Can't recommend highly enough.
It's so nice having Sheila to talk to, whether I feel happy, sad, lonely, mad, or stressed. I'm so glad we got connected through this website!
Sheila is wonderful. She's caring, compassionate, listens, and gives good perspective. She makes time to respond and have sessions together. I highly recommend her!
Sheila has been great! She gets back to me quickly and tries to give this mixed up lady guidance. From all appearances, she is warm, caring and truly wants to help. I have found it easy to open up to her and ask for her help. I feel she is a valuable asset to your team of professionals.
So far Sheila had been great. She gets back to me in a timely manner and I’m able to just randomly get on and vent and know that she will get back to me with a good solution or good options for me to think about. She definitely has experience with many topics.
Sheila is so helpful and full of valuable life experiences to help others (especially me).
Amazing! Truly always 10/10!!
Sheila offered a number of worksheets for me to do and help me move past the fear of death into a place of “love for life”. Very grateful for her wisdom, listening ear, and positive input. After yesterdays session I was feeling a little lighter. She has an extensive background with death/dying which made her a great match for what I needed help working through. Thank you Sheila!
Sheila is great. She checks in and is supportive.
Sheila is kind understanding, patient, a great listener and really knowledgable in helping with an assortment of issues that came up for me. I highly recommend her as a therapist.
I can't thank Sheila enough for the way she listens and always guides our conversations to remind me of the present moment. Speaking with Sheila, you can immediately feel that she brings years of experience, filled with compassion and thought to help you better understand yourself and create long-term, healthy ways of thinking when external factors (things out of your control) inevitably bubble up in life. Sheila has brought so much inner-knowledge to my journey and I'm grateful to be working with her.
I’ve been working with Sheila since 2020, and I’d never go back! I’ve heard stories of people not ever finding the right therapist so I truly feel so lucky to have found her. Not only does she listen to me and give me a space where I feel my most comfortable but she also helps me navigate healthy coping options when the going gets tough. She’s my therapist but sometimes I feel she’s my life coach! Love Sheila and couldn’t recommend her enough!!!
Sheila is always so helpful whenever I need her!
She’s great and really listens
Sheila is amazing!! She is so kind and great at listening. She always gives feedback in a constructive way, and follows up with appropriate handouts. I recommend her to everyone I know!
Sheila is great. She’s respectful, kind, realistic, and considerate.
Sheila is caring, supportive, intuitive, and encouraging. I couldn’t recommend her more! ♥️
Great person. Easy to talk to and I always feel comfortable and have a great time talking to her.
Sheila has been phenomenal! She is so incredibly caring and considerate and has helped me so incredibly much with any and all things I bring to our sessions.
She’s amazing
Sheila is the best at helping me navigate my thoughts, and has helped so much in co-creating long-term practices to support my overall mental health beyond using BetterHelp. She’s a great listener and always tracks everything I’m saying. Thank you Sheila!
Sheila is highly skilled. She brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and understanding to sessions. She asks deeply insightful and thought provoking questions and is patient and kind
She has been amazing so far! I'm looking forward to continuing with her!
Shelia has been very helpful by offering therapy techniques and resources I would never have known about otherwise. She is approachable and gives me honest feedback, which I truly appreciate.
Sheila is always helpful and accommodating
She is great! Takes the time to listen to me and talk about what my current struggles are. I am so thankful that she is my therapist!
She’s the BEST
Sheila is great and I tell other people about her.
Excellent experience, feel super comfortable to express myself.
She’s the best! Absolutely love her
She's the best
I love it.
Shelia is wonderful
She’s amazing- couldn’t have thought of a better fit - I recommend better help to my friends all the time
Sheila has really helped me work through a lot of my anxious thoughts and fears. I always feel better and more hopeful talking with her.
Sheila is an awesome therapist! She has given me lots of tools to help with my problems that are things I would never have thought of. Really grateful I am working with her!
Sheila has been a real blessing in my life! She helps me with relationship break up problems and she has recommended some great books that I find really helpful. She is also working with me on my chronic health condition which is very serious. Sheila is knowledgeable about my condition and she inspires me to move forward so I have a positive outcome. I feel fortunate to have a Therapist who is compassionate about her work. I just love Sheila as well as my sessions with her. Deborah Saunders
Sheila is an excellent counselor and gives great advice that paralleled with my reasons for seeking counseling. Very personable and attentive.
Sheila expertise and counseling helped me with my daily struggles and she helped me find née ways of looking at things.
She is absolutely wonderful and allows me the time and space to be me to get what needs to come out of me. Her encouragement is second to none. Very thankful for our sessions
Sheila is fantastic and super knowledgeable. Her expertise is shown as early as the first session.
Sheila has been such a impactful person that has made my transition successful. What would have blind sighted me and overwhelmed me, has not. I was prepared for change, transition and planned accordingly. Weathering things, but have peace and great advice from Sheila!
I have been working with Sheila for a few months now. She is absolute the highlight of my week. She is accommodating when it comes to scheduling. She assisted me in working with billing to figure out payments. But more importantly, she has changed my life. She is very well educated on the subjects we discuss in our sessions. So not only do I feel like I am supported, I am also constantly learning from her. She is great at giving me strategies to utilize in my everyday life to manage my anxiety, depression and traumas. She is a beautiful person and I always look forward to talking to her. Her positive attitude and radiant smile always make me feel better. I can go into a session miserable and upset and I always leave feeling excited and hopeful with a smile on my face. I would recommend her to anyone I know. Beautiful beautiful person and I feel very lucky to have her.
My time with Sheila has been extraordinary. She has helped me with my anxiety, depressive episodes, in setting boundaries, fighting codependency, and with relationship issues both romantic/familial. I am a completely different, more confident individual thanks to her guidance, kind words, and push to live the life I want without holding myself back. I couldn’t recommend her more!
Sheila is an excellent therapist. She is efficient in helping you sort out through your challenges and issues. Very knowledgeable and experienced. I would recommend Sheila to anyone looking for some real goal-oriented help.
After one video session I am already feeling very supported and heard. Thankful for everything she’s already shared with me in less than a week from meeting her.
Sheila is a wonderful clinician. She is compassionate and concerned for her patients and wants to see them feel better. I feel so fortunate to have matched with her and felt stronger and more hopeful after each session. As a nurse working with covid patients for the past year and a half, I was really desperate to seek mental health help. Sheila was there for me when I really needed her and expressed sincere concern for my wellbeing. I am grateful for her work and would highly recommend her to others.
My counselor is kind and approachable. She provides great worksheets and a variety of contact methods.
Sheila is wonderful! She's patient and listens to everything I said to fully understand where I am coming from to be able to suggest the best solutions and gave great advice in ways to help manage my anxiety & stress.
I really appreciate Sheila’s empathy and non judgmental approach while providing guidance and tools to cope with my situation. I value her expertise and feel comforted and heard each time. Your positive energy is contagious and you put things in perspective, which is tremendously helpful when you are alone with your thoughts. Thank you for listening and being present for me.
Sheila is an excellent listener and is highly informative. She's helped my reframe my thinking on several issues in my life.
Sheila is a great professional with a vast experience in many topics.
Sheila Flipse is amazing at what she does. Being a therapist seems natural to Sheila, she has an innate ability to hear exactly where you’re coming from & processing what’s being told to her for a consistent & logical response. I was skeptical about seeking professional help regarding my mental health but Sheila made this process very easy & satisfying. I can say a lot about Sheila because she’s that great at what she does but to make a long story short, I consider myself not only lucky but also blessed to have been matched w/ Sheila as my therapist. Sheila is top tier, she possesses remarkable skills such as being emphatic, a great listener, communicator, boundary setter & critical thinker.
I enjoy working with Sheila. She's very attentive and follows up quite frequently.
Excellent
I can’t say enough great things about her.
Sheila is easy to talk to. Responds quickly to texts. She is aware of my concerns and offers strategies to help me work through things. Extremely satisfied working with Shiela.
Sheila is awesome. Asks the right questions to make me think and also helps get me focused when I’m not thinking realistically and just being negative.
Sheila is a very good listener and has been helping me in various ways with the things I have been struggling with as of late. She’s attentive and offers very good suggestions on how to combat my daily trauma.
I've had two sessions with Sheila so far and she's been wonderful. This was my first counseling experience so I was a little apprehensive, but she was so gentle and helpful. She gave me a lot of great advice and things I can try right away. The worksheets she sent also helped me a lot. I definitely recommend!
Attentive, friendly and professional,
Sheila has been responsive, empathetic, insightful and supportive. Her counseling has proven to be deft in helping me find clarity as I dealt with difficult emotions. With her guidance I was able to gain fresh insights into the problems I faced and with her support she helped me find the confidence and resources to work through them in a positive and satisfactory fashion.
Sheila and I have just began working together. It has been positive and encouraging. She listens, offers strategies, is non-judgemental. I have had difficulty in past with counseling. I definitely feel comfortable talking with her. I am direct and this works for our collaboration (text and video conferencing). My situation is unique and complicated, however our communication is effective and productive. I highly recommend Sheila and hope to continue working together.
Sheila has been excellent. She takes the time to understand you and is never judgmental. If you want someone who will take the time to work with you gradually and get from point A to point Z without missing B,CD..., she is your counselor! Highly recommend her, and if I ever come back, she is the one to see!
First time doing therapy. Never felt so comfortable. I was able to open up to her more than anyone else with only support and no judgement.
I’ve only had a few sessions, but Sheila has been excellent thus far. She is a very helpful, insightful, and very good at listening to me. Very professional, polite, and good at what she does!
Sheila is the best counselor I ever had. She’s caring and she give great advice. She always responds quickly. My life has changed for the better since she became my counselor.
Very kind and soft spoken. She is likes to get to the root of the problem with you and help you with anything you might be struggling with even if its it's small. No problem is too insignificant. Plus she's really good for a nice conversation.
For the past two sessions, she gave me really good advice on what I need to work and witness an anger episode and helped me an exercise to help control my anger.
I really enjoy Miss Shiela. I really feel like pays attention and actually cares. I really feel like I am growing as a person.
She is awesome! Understanding, kind, but also giving me that important "push" I required to work through my issues!
She rocks!
Sheila is fantastic! She spends a lot of time getting to know you and figuring out what you want to talk about, and then she asks really great questions that make you think about those topics from different perspectives. I really appreciate the time I spend with her and can't thank her enough!
Sheila has been nothing but helpful and supportive. Talking to her has been clarifying and affirming, and I appreciate her understanding of different situations. Thank you!
Sheila's flexibility and care have been a huge support during a trying time. Thank you!
It was great connecting to you. Your advice really helped me in overcoming my anxiety. Thanks a lot!!
Sheila is awesome. I have been able to expand my life in so many ways thanks to her guidance and support.
Sheila is a wonderful person, mentor, and counselor. She’s, patient, non-judgmental, and really shows how much she cares. It’s comforting to know that I am able to contact her at anytime for any problem.
She’s respectful, intuitive, and is a committed counselor. She listens intently and remembers what I’ve said and addresses it. She gave me invaluable resources. A lovely godly woman whom I admire and respect .
Sheila helped me in so many ways! She listens and focus on the primary issues and roots on my anxiety and stress.
Sheila has been awesome for me. I wouldn't want anyone else.
Shiela is a great therapist. I'm new to therapy, and this experience has helped me get through a very difficult time. She's also I really great sounding board that helped me explore my own thoughts and feelings. She has lots of worksheets and resources that help you get to the root of thoughts and challenges them too. She's awesome at what she does!
In the short time I've been communicating with Sheila, she has helped me so much. She helped me make an important first step that I had been putting off for a long time, and it was successful for me! She has a very kind delivery & offers very common sense direction, she's able to see the bottom line of what is needed. I gave her an abundance of information about myself, but she helped me prioritize and set a necessary first goal, that I achieved. I highly recommend Sheila as a counselor.
Very nice, professional, knowledgable and approachable. Would recommend to all.
Sheila has been really great in responding to my messages in a thoughtful manner and very promptly as well. She is great at listening to my needs and helps unpack what the underlying issues are and how we can work together to solve them.
She is awesome. Good advice, makes me look at the world a little different.
Sheila makes what it should be-safe, cathartic and empowering to the individual. She is kind, understanding and easy to talk to. I personally have made progress in areas of my life that I know I wouldn't have been able to tackle as successfully if I hadn't started therapy with her. I look forward to continuing my healing process with Sheila!
Sheila was very supportive of the counseling style I prefer and I truly appreciate her support! She also makes me feel heard and supported! I really do appreciate her help!
Sheila has really helped by being a supportive role in my life recently and has helped me share and receive others perception of scenarios.
Sheila is awesome! She listens, she understands, and she gives wonderful advice.
Sheila does a great job listening to your issues and offering real solutions. She knows many books and authors off the top of her head that are the subject matter experts in their fields. She is very easy to communicate with and is inviting. She also is accommodating to a busy schedule and is on time every time for meetings. Thanks Sheila!
Sheila has been incredibly helpful in helping me reach deep and find answers and peace to roadblocks that have plagued my life for decades. Within just a few short weeks, years of hurt, guilt, and self-sabotage are peeling away. I’m forever grateful for taking the step to seek help via BetterHelp.com, and connecting with Sheila.
Sheila has been a great help to me in so many ways and has given me a way to look at things in ways I wouldn't have before. Thank you!
Very responsive and helpful. Responded more than I expected and offered questions and advice that help me reflect in a positive way. Would recommend this app to others based on my experience with her.
Sheila helped me see life from a different perspective and learn to appreciate my self and physically and mentally. Having Sheila was how I was able to overcome my anxiety and look forward to a future in which I am present everyday. I highly recommend Sheila and thank her for been there when I needed her.
She is an amazing counselor. She helped me a lot. She is very sympathetic and kind and I recommend her to everyone!!
Sheila helps me recognize the core of my problems and offers media for me to learn about myself, thus I can understand and find solutions. She is professional, warm and welcoming.
Sheila has been very helpful, insightful and attentive as I've discussed the issues I want to address in our sessions.
Sheila is attentive, very helpful and gentle. She listens and knows what questions to ask. Very grateful for her life changing advice and guidance!
Sheila really knows how to get down to the issues that are affecting me, and comes up with great activities and solutions to help combat them. She’s very understanding and listens to me, even when I just need someone to chat to. I’ve had a very positive experience with her and she does a great job at making me feel good about myself and the world around me.
Sheila was terrific - she guided me through working through my personal issues/struggles. Always understanding and helpful, very educated and non-judgemental. Thank you Sheila!
Sheila roots for me and offers great suggestions and guidance. I look forward to communicating with her more.
I've only begun these online sessions with Sheila, but thus far, I have observed that she is professional, responsive and intuitive. I'm very grateful for the affordability of this service and it is comforting to know that we can get objective, but compassionate, support during a difficult time in our lives.
She’s very engaged. She responds quickly, always offers constructive feedback and without a shred of judgement. She's great over text and video. So far so good.
Sheila helps me reframe my trauma so that I can stop being paralyzed by it. I am making progress. We text throughout the week, and video chat once a week. Staying connected consistently makes me feel less isolated.
So far she has been very helpful
Sheila is a no-nonsense counselor. Once you tell her your life stories, she asks questions that you wouldn't even think if you keep everything to yourself. Moreover, she loves and enjoys helping people. You won't feel like you're in a counseling session. She's compassionate, warm-hearted, and perceptive.
I love knowing Sheila is out there when I need an objective ear. We haven't been working together for very long at this point, I look forward to a long connection with her.
Sheila was truly amazing. I have never been one to go to therapy but she changed my mind about that. She is kind, she listens and she taught me so much. I highly recommend her to anyone who needs guidance.
Sheila has helped me through difficult times. I've seen many therapists over the years. She is one of the few who has been able to help me. She is caring and very competent. Her advice is based on research but also practical. I highly recommend her.
My therapist Sheila has been very professional and objective. I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that my therapy is right at my fingertips. She responds quickly. I do like the fact that video and live chat are available. I just really enjoy the therapy that I have all the time if needed. I am very satisfied and excited about learning new techniques to find happiness and peace.
She’s wonderful, listens to me, and validates me.
She is a nice listener and gives me new aspects to reflect on my thinking patterns.
Sheila is very responsive and offers great solutions and thinking outside of the box for your problems at hand.
Sheila is awesome. I love how she helps me to see what was there in me all the time. She is very encouraging and helpful offering me ideas and techniques I can use on my journey to recovery.
Frequently asked questions
Does Sheila Flipse offer telehealth visits?
Yes. Sheila Flipse works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.
What language(s) does Sheila Flipse speak?
Sheila Flipse speaks English.
How many years of experience does Sheila Flipse have?
Sheila Flipse has 30 years of experience.
Where is Sheila Flipse licensed to practice?
Sheila Flipse is licensed to practice in Nevada and New York.
Does Sheila Flipse accept clients outside of the United States?
No, Sheila Flipse does not accept clients outside of the United States.
Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?
Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."
What treatment approaches does Sheila Flipse offer?
Sheila Flipse offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
How can I communicate with Sheila Flipse?
Sheila Flipse can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.
How do I get started with Sheila Flipse?
Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.
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