Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal, LCSW, LPCC

Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal is a California-licensed therapist with 40 years of professional experience. She holds LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) credentials and works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and life transitions. She emphasizes a collaborative, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients are invited to express thoughts and feelings openly and to take active roles in their own growth.

She keeps her work grounded in current developments across psychology, neurology, and biology, maintaining ties with educational institutions to evaluate new research critically. Treatment choices are drawn from a wide range of well-established methods and are tailored to fit each person - the goal is for clients to become the leading experts on themselves. When working with families or partners, she focuses on building practical skills so people can feel more confident and connected in their relationships and parenting roles. A central aim of her work is helping clients learn how to repair the everyday ruptures that occur in close relationships.

Her training includes an NIMH Fellowship in Community Mental Health where she worked with people of all ages, backgrounds, and orientations. She helped to found early shelter programs and develop support services for children. She has trained with Dr. Alicia Lieberman, PhD, became a credentialed school counselor to assist families with early identification and educational planning including IEPs and 504s, and has studied the work of Bessel van der Kolk, Stephen Porges, and Daniel Siegel. She integrates approaches such as attachment-based therapy, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, trauma-focused methods, and somatic work, with an emphasis on cultivating self-compassion. She expresses gratitude for the privilege of supporting clients through change and growth.