More About Sheila

Education and Experience
Sheila has a Bachelor’s Degree of Social Work (BSW) from Syracuse University and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work (MSW) from the University of Maryland. Sheila also received her certification in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She has worked for Aurora of Central New York as a play therapist for blind children and their families and at a school for children with emotional and behavioral problems. Sheila’s extensive experience also includes having worked as a psychotherapist for individuals, groups, and families at SUNY Health Science Center, Oneida Indian Nation Family Services and the Onondaga Nation School. At Vera House, a shelter and advocacy program for people affected by domestic violence, she worked as a therapist and community advocate, supporting and empowering women and children in crisis situations and in courtroom settings. Sheila’s education and experience as a therapist have provided a solid foundation for and natural segue into her work as a spiritual reader and healer.

Spiritual Background
Sheila has always been intuitive but was not consciously aware of any particular spiritual gifts she had while growing up. In college, she learned to meditate and took courses in comparative religion, which set her on a lifelong journey of spiritual practice and exploration. In 1992, through her work with Reverend Joan Lee at the First Congregation of Infinite Light in Syracuse, New York, she became aware of her ability to work with spirit guides and developed a deeper connection with them. She took classes in healing and prophecy, used her gifts by giving spiritual readings to members of the congregation, and eventually gained a certificate in prophecy. In 1998, she branched out on her own to do spiritual readings and healing work full time, and received certification as an Ordained Minister through the Light of Divine Truth Foundation.

Work with clients
Sheila Applegate is a gifted spiritual reader and healer, and a very high level intuitive and clairvoyant who can describe guides, people, and situations with astonishing detail and accuracy. She is able to clearly see the guides, angels, and Ascended Masters of her clients, and facilitates communication between these guides and her clients in order to provide information about their spiritual progress, relationships, and other practical, everyday issues from a higher perspective. This is an ability that Sheila has developed through years of diligent practice, and one of her main goals as a teacher and spiritual reader is to help others understand that they too, possess this innate ability. She encourages them to learn to connect directly with their own guides and spiritual teachers in the same way. Through readings and classes with Sheila, her clients learn to develop and trust their own intuition, and to use their spiritual readings with Sheila as a means of empowerment. Sheila’s belief is that she is not the source of healing, but rather the vehicle through which the Creator’s energy flows.