Dr. Shelia Lumar, LPC

Texas · 20 years in practice

Dr. Shelia Lumar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 20 years of experience.

License and registration

LPC, Texas: 65876 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1023383858 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Shelia

Dr. Shelia Lumar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering steady, practical support.

She believes clients know their own stories and brings that respect into every session. Her work often addresses stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and addiction. She also helps with relationship concerns, parenting strain, grief, and life changes.

She takes a straightforward approach and listens first to understand each person's priorities.

Background and approach

In sessions she uses common-sense tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot patterns and try small changes. She also draws on client-centered principles to shape conversations around what matters to the individual. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is part of her toolkit for work that focuses on emotional connection and responses.

Dr. Lumar supports people with issues such as self-esteem, anger, career stress, and intimacy-related concerns. She has additional experience with adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, body image, and some personality-related challenges.

Her aim is to help clients find realistic steps forward. Therapy with her is collaborative and paced to each person. She encourages courage and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Practical planning and honest conversations are central to her style.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Shelia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Coping with life changes
Addictions
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Shelia names

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Online support

How her approaches guide online work

Dr. Lumar often uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and work with core emotions that shape reactions in relationships and daily life. That approach focuses on identifying emotional patterns and finding new ways to respond to strong feelings. Client-Centered Therapy is also part of her practice, which means conversations are guided by what the client finds most important and are paced to their needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) appears when practical skill-building is useful, such as spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust plans over time. The client and therapist work together to find what helps most for specific problems like anxiety, trauma symptoms, or life transitions.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistent momentum between appointments.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, and relationship issues. She also helps with parenting strain, career concerns, and problems tied to self-esteem and anger.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Sessions are collaborative and focused on practical steps. She listens closely, reflects back what she hears, and helps people try changes that fit their lives.

How much experience does she have?

She has 20 years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and life concerns. That background informs her steady, problem-solving approach.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas. The credential appears as TX LPC in her profile.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.

How is cost handled?

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