About Pamela
Pamela Phipps is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Mississippi with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, and other life changes. Pamela aims to build trust and a cooperative therapy process where clients set goals and guide the pace.
Her background includes time supporting people with substance use struggles, veterans, and individuals who have experienced homelessness and incarceration.
How Pamela works
That work gave practical experience in crisis counseling, serious mental illness, self-injury, and trauma-related concerns. Pamela also has experience addressing antisocial personality features, co-occurring conditions, and issues tied to caregiving and blended families. Pamela draws from several approaches to shape treatment for each person.
She uses Client-Centered techniques to follow a client's lead, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation. She also incorporates Existential ideas and EMDR when trauma processing is appropriate. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps.
Pamela and the client set goals together and build a plan to meet them. She emphasizes straightforward strategies for coping, communication, sleep, parenting stress, and managing mood swings. People who choose Pamela can expect direct guidance and steady support while they work through difficult experiences.
She aims to create a respectful space where progress is measured by the client's goals and daily life changes.
Pamela lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Pamela works with
The areas below are the ones Pamela selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the person's lead and creating a trusting relationship, which helps when someone needs a compassionate space to talk through stress, life purpose, or relationship struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives concrete exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic behavior. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication, which can be helpful for mood instability, impulsivity, and relationship conflict.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Pamela will collaborate with each client to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most. This shared process makes it easier to find strategies that match a person’s daily life and priorities.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion and real-time exercises. Phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing skill practice between longer sessions.
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