Therapist profile
Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal, LCSW, LPCC
Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal - LCSW, LPCC; Parenting and trauma focus
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- Attachment work
- Cognitive approaches
- Parenting skills
About Sherrin
Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal is a California licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 40 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and the practical upheavals that come with life changes.
She uses clear, direct conversation to help people sort thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on developing skills for everyday life, not just insight. She encourages clients to learn methods they can apply at home with children or other family members.
Her background includes an NIMH Fellowship in Community Mental Health and work creating shelters and child support programs. She has studied with clinicians who focus on trauma, attachment, and the body-mind connection. That mix informs how she approaches difficult events and long-term patterns.
Her approach draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, and tools from dialectical behavior work. She also uses elements of the Gottman Method when relationships and parenting are involved. Treatment emphasizes practical skills and repairing moments that go wrong in daily life.
She has experience helping with adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, caregiver stress, aging concerns, chronic illness, and attachment difficulties. Many clients come to her wanting clearer ways to handle conflict, stronger parenting responses, and steadier emotional regulation.
She works in English and maintains connections with educational institutions to stay current with research. People who meet with her can expect straightforward guidance, practiceable skills, and a focus on becoming more confident in family roles.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape reactions. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns, practice new responses, and work on repairing everyday ruptures with family members.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and placing the person's perspective at the center. In remote sessions this means a slow, conversational pace where the therapist reflects what the client reports and helps clarify goals and values.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete tools to change unhelpful patterns. CBT exercises can be assigned between sessions so people can practice skills with their family situations in real time.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals and test methods together, adapting techniques to what feels most useful. Expect regular check-ins about progress and adjustments when needed.
Confirm which session formats are available before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make scheduling easier, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time so sessions fit more readily into busy family routines. Therapists can suggest practical between-session tasks such as communication exercises, behavioral experiments, or brief tracking to help apply skills at home.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
40+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and chronic illness concerns.
What style of therapy does she use?
She blends Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered approaches, CBT and DBT techniques, and elements of the Gottman Method. The aim is practical skills plus understanding relational patterns.
How long has she practiced?
She has 40 years of professional experience working in community mental health, schools, and family support programs.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds CA LCSW and CA LPCC credentials and practices in California.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. The booking flow will show the session types offered.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and services. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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