About Pamela
Pamela Barrigar is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of clinical experience based in Illinois. She has helped people navigate depression, anxiety, stress, anger, self-esteem struggles, addictions, and trauma-related concerns using established therapeutic methods.
Background and approach
Pamela blends evidence-based techniques - such as cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior skills - with client-centered listening to tailor care to each person's situation. Her practice emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental stance that honors clients' backgrounds and beliefs.
Pamela works with a broad range of concerns including grief, relationship and communication difficulties, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, and life transitions like midlife challenges or divorce. She also addresses aging and geriatric issues, codependency, control problems, and post-traumatic stress, aiming to help clients build practical coping skills and clearer life direction.
Pamela approaches therapy as a collaborative process, helping clients identify values, set achievable goals, and practice skills between sessions. She holds Illinois licensure as an LCSW (AZ LCSW LCSW-22287, IL LCSW 149019841) and offers services in English for those seeking structured, compassionate support.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Pamela often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people clarify their values and take committed action even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions by encouraging purposeful living rather than symptom avoidance. She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a practical approach that identifies unhelpful thinking patterns and develops concrete strategies to change behaviors and mood; CBT is commonly used for depression, anxiety, panic, and many everyday challenges.
Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative work she does with each client. Pamela evaluates a person's goals, preferences, and symptoms and then helps tailor a mix of strategies so therapy feels relevant and manageable. The process emphasizes shared decision-making and regular adjustment based on what is most helpful.
Online therapy with Pamela is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access consistent care, practice skills between sessions, and maintain continuity during life changes while working with licensed professionals and therapists committed to practical, values-driven progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- 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