About Aqueelah
Dr. Aqueelah Wheatley works with adults who feel stuck and want clearer direction. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, dealing with relationship strain, or navigating life changes such as career shifts and questions about purpose.
Her practice also includes support for concerns like ADHD, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Dr. Wheatley, a Licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist (LIMFT), uses a down-to-earth style.
She talks with clients about how past attachments and family patterns shape present-day feelings and reactions.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps rather than vague theory. Her approach mixes hands-on skill building and direct conversation. Clients learn emotional regulation strategies, ways to set and keep boundaries, and clearer communication habits.
She also supports work on impulsivity, forgiveness, and rebuilding trust when infidelity or jealousy are issues. Dr. Wheatley draws from methods such as attachment-informed work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and solution-focused strategies.
She coaches clients through midlife questions, career transitions, and the strain of caregiving or first responder roles. Therapy aims to reconnect people with their goals and strengths. With seven years of clinical experience in Ohio, she keeps sessions practical and goal-oriented.
Her style is straightforward but compassionate, helping people make steady changes that fit daily life.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape how people relate today. In online sessions she helps clients identify attachment patterns and practice new ways of asking for needs and setting boundaries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve focus for day-to-day functioning. Both approaches are useful for relationship problems, stress, ADHD-related struggles like impulsivity, and life transitions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to pick strategies that match their goals and preferences, then adjusts methods as progress is made. That collaborative planning helps keep sessions relevant and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people practice communication skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief coaching, check-ins, or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy schedules while focusing on skills that transfer into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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