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About Shelia Duncan Wheeler, LCSW-C, LICSW, LCSW, CCP, CGP

Shelia is a woman who is a follower of Yeshua (Jesus Christ, The Messiah) and she is passionate about Jesus and living her life in way that pleases and honors Him.  Shelia is a Licensed Certified Clinical Social Worker, Maryland State Board Approved Social Work Supervisor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional, Certified Grief Informed Professional and a Minister of the Gospel of Yeshua.  Shelia is trained in Elijah House Inner Healing Prayer Ministry 201 and 202 Inner Healing. 

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Shelia received a Bachelor degree in Social Work from Oral Roberts University and a Master degree in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma.  She officially began her professional social work career  
in 1995 across a variety of social services healthcare, and mental health settings which include Outpatient Mental Health Clinics, Boys and Girls Residential Group Homes, Children’s Hospital, Veteran Administrations, Adult Day Care, Church Ministries and Christian Counseling Offices.

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She has notable accomplishments working with various populations where previous counseling has not been successful.  These include special needs children, adults, couples and families who struggle with complex personal, marital and family challenges. While Shelia's professional training has provided her with a strong base in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,  Grief Counseling, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Marriage and Family Counseling, it has been her experience in inviting Jesus the Wonderful Counselor in the sessions, using the Word of God as the foundation of truth and depending on the guidance, presence and the manifestation of the gifts of His Holy Spirit where she found her clients have been able to address and overcome various life, relational, emotional and mental health issues and live a faith-based life that’s full of freedom, hope and wholeness in mind, body and spirit.

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Shelia specializes in helping Christian women to navigate through life transitions, overcome feelings of depression, anxiety, and unbelief, build up their faith and Christ confidence and teach them to forgive themselves and others.

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My Licenses

Alabama

Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, PIP, License #4211C

California

Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, License #86016

District of Columbia

Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, License #L50079968

Florida

 Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, License #SW19720

Maryland

Certified Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-C, License #17985

North Carolina

Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, License #C012837

Oklahoma

Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, License #6939

Texas

Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, License #57030

Virginia

Clinical Social Worker License, LCSW, License #0904011126

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WHAT WE BELIEVE

The Keys to Righteous Living

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  • We believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and that He is the only God and Creator; there is no other besides Him. Genesis 1:1-31; Exodus 3:6; Isaiah 43:15; Isaiah 44:6-8, Isaiah 45:5-6,12, 18 & 22; Isaiah 46:9  

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  • We believe that the Bible is the Word of God; inspired, infallible and unchangeable from Genesis to Revelation. It our manual and instruction for righteous living. 2 Timothy 3:16; Psalm 19:7

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  • We believe there is “One Lord, One faith, One baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all”. Ephesian 4:5-6

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  • We believe that “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, (Jesus) that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life”. John 3:16

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  • We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, shed his blood and died on the cross for the remission of our sins. He was resurrected, ascended into heaven to Father God. Luke 1:27-33; John 19:1-36; John 20:1-31

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  • We believe and confessed that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God. 1 John 4:2 

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  • We believe that salvation is gained through repentance and the confession of sins; it is given by divine grace (not by works) and is received by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ “is the way, the truth, and the life”; no man cometh unto the Father, but by Him.  Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and men. Luke 24:47; Acts John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 9-10

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  • We believe that the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked and only the Lord can heal the broken heart and create a new heart and a right spirit in a person. Jeremiah 17:9; Psalm 51:10; Luke 4:1

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  • We believe in water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Spirit. We believe in the gifts of the Spirit, and the evidence of the fruits of the Spirit. We believe that all of these are available to all believers. We believe that we have received the power to be witnesses of Jesus Christ to the whole world by the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:8; Acts 2:4; Mark 16:17; Acts 10:45-48; 1 Corinthians 12:4-10; Ephesians 3:11-12; Galatians 5:22-23

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  • We believe in divine healing, through faith in the name of Jesus Christ, and that healing is a benefit of salvation. Psalm 103:2-3; Acts 5:12-16

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  • We believe in acknowledging the Lord God daily so that He will direct our paths, guide us with His wisdom and power. Proverbs 3:5-6

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  • We believe in presenting our bodies daily as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is our true and proper worship. We do not conform to the patterns of this world but we are being transformed by the renewing of our mind. Roman 12:1-2

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