Pam Bolarinho
Compassionate LICSW with deep community experience
LICSW Massachusetts
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
About Pam
Pam Bolarinho is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with twenty years of experience in social work and behavioral health leadership. She brings a client-focused, strengths-based perspective rooted in long-term clinical and administrative roles across community, inpatient, and acute care settings.
Background and approach
Born in Portugal and raised in the United States, she combines cultural awareness with extensive service coordination experience in Massachusetts. Her background includes work with the Healthy Families Program, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, and leadership roles as Clinical Director at an inpatient psychiatric facility and Social Work Manager in an acute medical hospital.
In recent years she has served as a vice president overseeing acute care services and helped develop community crisis response initiatives in collaboration with local police and regional behavioral health partners. Her practice areas span stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, addiction, grief, parenting and family challenges, body image, and compassion fatigue, among others.
Pam uses client-centered and evidence-informed methods to help people manage life transitions and complex problems. She also offers support for issues related to adoption and foster care, attachment, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and communication problems.
Sessions are available in English and Portuguese for clients in Massachusetts.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy centers on the client's experiences and priorities, offering a supportive environment where the therapist follows the individual's lead and amplifies strengths to promote self-directed change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve coping, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method that helps people explore ambivalence and strengthen motivation for change, often used in situations involving addiction or behavioral shifts.Determining which approach fits best is part of the collaborative work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs with each client and may integrate elements from different methods to match each person’s situation and priorities. This process is tailored and evolves as progress and challenges emerge.
Online therapy with this clinician is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for diverse schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, coordinate with other providers as needed, and access therapeutic support from home or another convenient location.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Massachusetts
Languages
English, Portuguese