About Pam
Pam Bolarinho is a licensed social worker with an MA and a LICSW and more than 20 years in social work and clinical leadership. She brings steady guidance to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationship struggles, parenting strain, and major life changes. She speaks English and Portuguese and works from Massachusetts.
She began her career in home-based family work and with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.
How Pam works
Over two decades she moved into clinical leadership roles, including clinical director at an inpatient psychiatric facility and social work manager at an acute medical hospital. For the last several years she has combined administration and direct service work in acute care services. Her background includes close collaboration with community groups focused on suicide prevention, human trafficking, and opioid response.
She helped start a police co-response program that has provided in-community assessments and kept many people from going to emergency rooms. That project reflects her interest in practical solutions and community partnerships. Pam describes her clinical stance as patient-centered and strength-based.
In sessions she centers the person's own goals and builds on what is already working. She uses practical techniques to address mood, addictive behaviors, coping with grief, body image concerns, and parenting stress. People working with her can expect direct, respectful conversation about problems and achievable next steps.
She blends listening with focused strategies so clients can try new ways to manage difficult feelings and improve daily functioning.
Pam lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Pam works with
The areas below are the ones Pam selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s needs and goals, so conversations focus on what matters most and on building what already helps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and mood symptoms. Motivational Interviewing encourages people to name their own reasons for change and helps build motivation for steps like reducing substance use or starting new routines.Finding the right approach happens together. The therapist will listen to goals, try approaches that fit the issue, and adjust based on what works. That collaborative process means techniques can shift over time to match changing needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a work break or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are good for brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or ongoing accountability between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work between appointments.
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