Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal, LCSW, LPCC

Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal is a licensed clinician in California with 40 years of experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. She aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared. Seeking change takes courage, and she offers steady support through that process.

Her approach blends current knowledge from psychology, neurology, and biology with practical methods that fit each person. She keeps in touch with educational institutions to stay informed about emerging research while weighing methods carefully. Therapy sessions focus on helping people understand their patterns so they can make conscious choices that feel right for them.

Dr. Packer-Rosenthal emphasizes skills people can use at home. If clients are navigating parenting or relationships, she helps them build confidence and repair the small ruptures that happen in daily life. The goal is for clients to become the experts on their own lives and relationships.

Her background includes an NIMH Fellowship in Community Mental Health and work developing shelters and child support programs. She trained alongside Dr. Alicia Lieberman, PhD, to address family challenges and became a credentialed school counselor to assist with early identification and school planning like IEPs and 504s.

She has studied ideas from clinicians and researchers such as Bessel van der Kolk, Stephen Porges, and Daniel Siegel. That learning informs a focus on practical self-compassion and kindness as part of healing. She invites people to take steps toward growth with steady, experienced guidance.

How approaches guide online work

Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and how early connections shape current feelings and reactions. It helps people understand patterns in close bonds and practice different ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers clear, practical steps to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new habits for managing anxiety and stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration means adjusting methods as progress is made and new priorities arise.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives by removing travel time and allowing appointments during a workday break or between errands. If you prefer shorter check-ins, or want sessions that don’t require video, confirm available formats before booking. Verify the current session options when you schedule so you can pick times and arrangements that match your routine.