Pamela Sherwin, LCSW

Pamela Sherwin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 35 years helping people build practical habits and clearer thinking. She focuses on present-day coping, small changes that matter, and strengthening skills people already have. Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, and life transitions.

She combines straightforward strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches with mindfulness and skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy. Pamela pays attention to the bigger picture too, including family history, life events, and cultural values. She looks for practical steps a person can take right now to feel steadier and more capable.

Pamela supports people through changes such as divorce, caregiving, moving, illness, and other major shifts. She also addresses concerns around adoption and foster care, blended family issues, body image, and aging. She talks with people about communication, setting boundaries, and coping with loss or trauma.

Sessions emphasize manageable goals and the pace each person prefers. Pamela invites feedback and adjusts plans as needed. Her style is collaborative and aimed at helping people notice strengths and add useful coping habits.

She works with adults across the lifespan and respects individual and family values. Pamela offers morning and afternoon sessions and bases her approach on what each person brings to the work.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values rather than being driven by unhelpful thinking. It can help with anxiety, stress, and making deliberate changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to see what works. This approach is useful for depression, anxiety, and building new daily habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful during intense life events or ongoing stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Pamela will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats Pamela currently offers before booking. Online work can make fitting sessions into a busy week easier and reduce travel time. Some people prefer shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or audio-only sessions when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. The focus remains on building daily coping habits and clearer thinking that can be used between sessions.