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Pamela O'Brien, LCSW

  • Experience33 years
  • LocationIndiana
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Parenting
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Pamela

Pamela O'Brien is an LCSW practicing in Indiana who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, parenting challenges, and ADHD among other concerns.

Background and approach

With 33 years of professional experience, she draws on a broad clinical background to create individualized care that reflects each client's circumstances and goals. Pamela emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion as the foundation for therapeutic work and aims to support clients through difficult life transitions and persistent emotional struggles.

Her approach is collaborative and adaptable, tailoring conversations and treatment plans to the concerns brought into the room. Pamela works with issues that include trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy matters, addiction-related problems, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem difficulties, as well as a wide range of family and interpersonal challenges.

She frames the first step toward change as courageous and offers steady support as clients pursue greater wellbeing and more satisfying everyday functioning.

Therapeutic approaches for online care and practical skills

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify their values and take committed action despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings; it can be helpful for stress, anxiety, depression, and life-change difficulties. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning; it often helps with anxiety, mood problems, and coping skills. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and self-compassion practices that can reduce reactivity and support emotion regulation across many concerns.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the collaborative process. The therapist works with clients to explore which techniques fit their goals, preferences, and situation, and adapts interventions over time to match progress and changing needs.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in this work through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work and caregiving responsibilities, maintain continuity during life transitions, and use brief check-ins or structured sessions depending on what best supports a client's growth.

Frequently asked questions

What types of concerns can be addressed?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, ADHD, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns.
What is Pamela's therapeutic style?
The approach blends acceptance and commitment, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and mindfulness to create practical, skills-based work grounded in empathy.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She brings 33 years of professional experience providing mental health support across diverse concerns and settings.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Indiana with license number IN LCSW 34005519A and maintains practice in that state.
Does she work with non-English speakers or international clients?
She provides services in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on availability and preference.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyParenting issuesAnger managementDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSelf esteemBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational Interviewing

Experience

33+ years

Licensed

Indiana

Languages

English

About

Pamela O'Brien is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Indiana, not currently accepting new clients.