Pamela Barrigar, LCSW

Pamela Barrigar is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with 15 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with depression, stress, anxiety, and anger. Pamela also supports those facing relationship challenges, grief, addiction, ADHD, and other life transitions.

Pamela uses a mix of person-focused and skills-based ways of working. Sessions often include client-centered conversation that follows what matters most to the person. She pairs that with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

People who come to Pamela may also learn mindfulness tools to manage strong emotions. She includes techniques from dialectical behavior approaches for emotion regulation and coping when stress feels overwhelming. Her work often focuses on clear communication and practical steps people can use between sessions.

Pamela practices from a Christian counseling perspective but welcomes people from any faith background without judgment. She describes beginning therapy as a brave step and aims to be supportive while helping clients set realistic goals and small, steady progress markers.

Her background includes care for a wide range of concerns such as trauma, bipolar mood challenges, caregiving and aging issues, codependency, and relationship problems. Pamela draws on 15 years of clinical experience to help people find workable changes and regain a sense of control.

How Pamela’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on values-guided action. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck in life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that feed distress and practicing concrete behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Pamela works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. She will adjust priorities and tools as therapy progresses so sessions stay practical and relevant.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use mindfulness or skills practice between meetings. Many clients find they can keep momentum by practicing skills from CBT and ACT between sessions, which is a common focus in Pamela’s work.