About Pamela
Pamela Barrigar is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who brings 15 years of practice to her work with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and related concerns. She is based in Illinois and offers practical, down-to-earth support for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Pamela speaks plainly and helps clients take small steps toward steadier days.
Her approach centers on listening first. Pamela uses client-centered methods to understand each person's story and priorities.
Background and approach
She then blends tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thought patterns and from dialectical behavior therapy to build emotion regulation and coping skills. Pamela also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness practices to help people notice what matters and take actions that align with their values.
Sessions often include simple exercises, goal setting, and skills practice that can be used between meetings. The work is collaborative and paced to the person's readiness. She has worked with a wide range of concerns including grief, trauma, addiction, relationship strain, self-esteem, bipolar mood issues, and compassion fatigue.
Pamela describes her style as nonjudgmental and grounded, and she welcomes clients from any faith background while practicing as a Christian counselor herself. Practical matters are part of the process. Pamela offers multiple online formats so people can pick what fits their life.
She helps people map out clear next steps and supports gradual changes rather than sudden fixes.
How specific approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then take actions that reflect their core values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life changes where direction and motivation are concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments and skill building to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with intense emotions and relationship difficulties.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Pamela will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods, adjust pace, and pick tools that fit the person's life and priorities rather than imposing a single path.
Online therapy offers flexibility to fit busy schedules. Video calls make it possible to see facial cues and practice skills live. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can provide ongoing support between sessions and let someone share brief updates or strategies in writing. These options let people combine formats as needed to match their routine and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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