Pamela Sherwin, LCSW

Pamela Sherwin brings more than 30 years of experience helping people make clearer choices that lead to greater contentment and well-being. She focuses on identifying the strengths and positive qualities clients already possess, then building practical coping skills to expand those resources and manage life’s stressors.

Her work emphasizes the present and what can be done now, while also recognizing when past experiences need attention so that a person’s energy can be freed to move forward. Pamela and her clients set realistic, manageable goals that are within the client’s control, moving at a pace that respects each person’s readiness for change.

She draws from cognitive behavioral techniques for practical coping, as well as mindfulness and approaches informed by dialectical behavioral methods to support assertiveness, boundary setting, and lifestyle adjustments related to self-care. Pamela also keeps a broader view of each person’s background and current circumstances - for example, adjusting focus when life events such as illness, divorce, moving, or a pandemic affect what is most needed.

Pamela has worked with adults from young adulthood through later life and with people of varied ethnic backgrounds, always attending to individual, family, and cultural values. She welcomes feedback during the counseling process and is available for morning and afternoon sessions. Pamela holds the LCSW credential - Licensed Clinical Social Worker.