Pam Bolarinho, LICSW

Pam Bolarinho is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of experience. She offers straightforward care for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, addiction, grief, and parenting strain. Pam speaks English and Portuguese and practices from Massachusetts.

Pam combines practical problem-solving with a focus on each person's strengths. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered listening to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small, doable changes. Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused ideas are used when people want clearer short-term goals and steps.

Her background spans hospital and community settings. She has worked in inpatient psychiatric care, acute medical hospitals, and child welfare programs. That mix shaped her ability to move between crisis moments and longer-term recovery work.

Pam has led initiatives with community partners, including suicide prevention and opioid response groups. She helped launch a co-response program with local police that provided community-based care and reduced unnecessary emergency room visits.

In sessions she aims to be direct and practical. Conversations focus on what feels most urgent, small experiments to try between meetings, and skills you can use right away. The goal is steady progress that fits real life.

How Pam Uses Therapy Approaches Online

Pam often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes in daily life; this approach suits concerns like anxiety, depression, and stress. She also draws on client-centered methods, which emphasize listening, validation, and building on each person's strengths to guide the work together. Motivational Interviewing is added when someone wants help finding internal motivation and setting achievable change steps.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Pam will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief contact or coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and other daily responsibilities.