About Pamela
Pamela Sherwin uses practical, present-focused approaches to help people manage stress and shape healthier choices. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 35 years of experience. Pamela aims to help people notice strengths they already have and build simple coping habits that fit daily life.
Her way of working focuses on the here and now while still honoring important past events. She helps people create manageable steps they can control, whether small shifts or larger changes, always at a pace the person chooses.
How Pamela works
Pamela draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral work, mindfulness, and dialectical behavior ideas to teach coping skills and boundary setting. She pays attention to a person’s life circumstances and adjusts the plan when major events occur. Changes during illness, divorce, moving, or other life transitions are handled with practical goals that reflect the situation.
Pamela also considers family background and cultural values when deciding what will work best for each person. Areas she commonly addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship struggles, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, caregiving strain, blended family problems, body image, and aging or geriatric concerns.
Sessions are offered in English and take place with options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Pamela welcomes feedback during the work and aims to find approaches that feel useful and doable for each person.
Pamela lists 12 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Practical approaches adapted for online work
Pamela often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify personal values, and take small actions that move them toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thought patterns and practicing new coping behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Pamela will work with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and daily life. She adapts tools and exercises based on needs, pace, and feedback so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Chat and messaging are good for short updates, written reflections, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options help fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or long commutes.
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A practical next step
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