25+ Years of Experience
Meet your Guide:
Sheila Marquardt, PhD, MS, LLPC
Founder, Education | Wellness Collective PLLC
Sheila Marquardt is a licensed mental health counselor and lifelong educator who supports educators, leaders, and high-achieving professionals in navigating stress, burnout, and life transitions with compassion and curiosity.
Drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), strengths-based, trauma-informed, and feminist approaches, Sheila helps clients reconnect with their values, restore balance, and cultivate sustainable well-being. She brings a deep understanding of the emotional realities of teaching and leadership.
Shelia's work is grounded in:
Types of Therapy
Coaching
Culturally Sensitive
Eclectic
Feminist
Person-Centered
Strength-Based
Trauma Focused
Identity & Mission
Sheila Marquardt, PhD, MS, LLPC, is a licensed mental health counselor and lifelong educator who founded Education | Wellness Collective to bridge the gap between
teaching and well-being.
Her mission is to advance pedagogical wellbeing by supporting educators, leaders, and caregivers in sustaining their practice without sacrificing their health, identity, or sense of purpose. With more than 25 years of experience across K–12 and higher education, she understands the emotional, cognitive, and physical toll of teaching, leadership, and caregiving roles.
It's time to bridge the gap.
Sheila is here to help you cross the bridge to get to where you want to be.
Hands-On Experience
Before founding Education | Wellness Collective Sheila took on these roles. She designed innovative curricula focused on global learning, social foundations of education, and intercultural engagement.
- A K–12 English as a Second Language teacher in Minnesota
- An associate professor of teacher education at Minnesota State University
- Director of Global Initiatives at Michigan State University
It's time to bridge the gap.
Sheila is here to help you cross the bridge to get to where you want to be.
Sheila's Education & Mentality
- PhD: Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy from Michigan State University.
- Master's Degree: Science in Mental Health Counseling from Davenport University.
Sheila’s work with immigrant and refugee families, trauma-informed school initiatives, and
academic recovery following a campus tragedy has shaped her integrative approach to education
and mental health. She recognizes that educators work within systems shaped by power,
privilege, and oppression, and that care must account for these realities.
Shelia uses:
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Clinical Approach
Sheila creates a warm, supportive space where clients explore stress, anxiety, burnout, and life transitions. She helps clients:
- Reconnect with purpose and values
- Reframe unhelpful cognitive patterns
- Establish sustainable boundaries
- Build resilience without sacrificing their humanity
Personal Life
Outside of her practice, Sheila enjoys growing, preparing, and sharing food from her garden, baking bread, and learning from new cultures and cuisines through travel. These practices ground her in patience, care, and connection—values that also guide her clinical work. Whether nurturing a garden or supporting clients through growth and change, Sheila believes in tending to what sustains us, honoring process over perfection, and creating space for restoration, meaning, and belonging.