Pam Bolarinho, LICSW

Pam Bolarinho is an LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) with about 20 years in social work and clinical leadership. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, grief, parenting strain, relationship problems, and trauma and abuse. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.

Pam began her career in home visiting with the Healthy Families Program and later worked for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. She earned a Master of Social Work from Bridgewater State University and has held roles such as Clinical Director at an inpatient psychiatric facility and Social Work Manager at an acute medical hospital.

She currently holds a leadership role overseeing acute care services and has helped develop community programs that bring behavioral health support into the field. That work includes a co-response program with local police which helped many people receive care outside an emergency room setting.

In sessions she uses a patient-centered and strengths-based stance. She draws on approaches such as client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, motivational interviewing, narrative techniques, and solution-focused strategies. That mix is often used to address mood concerns, addiction issues, attachment and family of origin questions, and caregiver stress.

Pam has worked with people affected by foster care and adoption, attachment difficulties, blended family issues, body image and eating concerns, and first responder stresses. Her background combines clinical work with systems-level thinking, which she brings into conversations about coping, parenting pressures, and practical next steps.

How Pam’s approaches translate to online work