Pamela O'Brien, LCSW
Licensed in Indiana · 33 years in practice
Pamela O'Brien greets people with calm, practical help for stress, anxiety, parenting struggles, anger, and depression.
License and registration
- LCSW, Indiana
- 34005519A · expires April 2026
- NPI
- 1407025919 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 33
- Languages
- English
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About Pamela
Pamela O'Brien greets people with calm, practical help for stress, anxiety, parenting struggles, anger, and depression. She writes plans that fit each person’s situation and talks through what to try next. Pamela is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in Indiana with 33 years of experience.
She uses a mix of straightforward therapies to address day-to-day problems and deeper patterns. Sessions focus on what feels most urgent to the client, whether that is managing strong feelings, coping with life changes, or addressing past hurt.
Background and approach
Pamela aims for clear tools clients can use between meetings. Pamela works from a client-centered stance that values respect and sensitivity. She mixes cognitive behavioral ideas for changing unhelpful thinking with mindfulness and acceptance strategies to ease distress.
Dialectical behavior skills are available when emotion regulation and interpersonal boundaries are a concern. Her practice includes attention to issues such as grief, addiction, intimacy challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Pamela also helps people work through family of origin concerns, blended family stress, and caregiving strain.
She listens for what matters most and adjusts the plan as life shifts. Therapy with Pamela is collaborative. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match what fits a person’s routine.
The first step is a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Pamela lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Pamela names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes clarifying values and taking small steps toward them while learning to live with uncomfortable thoughts. It can help when life changes or ongoing worries get in the way of living the way someone wants. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavior changes to reduce distress and improve mood. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping skills training.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Pamela will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend techniques that match those aims. That plan can change as progress is made or needs shift, and the therapist and client decide together what to try next.
Online sessions let people fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and live chat or text-based messaging help maintain contact between sessions or suit those who prefer writing. These options make it easier to attend regularly and practice new skills in real time.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Pamela work with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, depression, and coping with life changes. Other focus areas include grief, addiction, intimacy issues, ADHD, and family of origin concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and client-centered, focusing on respect and sensitivity. Sessions combine clear tools, skills practice, and space to talk through what feels most pressing.
What is her background and experience?
Pamela has 33 years of professional experience working in behavioral health. She brings long-term practice using multiple approaches to meet varied needs.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in Indiana as an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Her practice is based in Indiana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Pamela offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats give options for longer talk sessions or shorter check-ins.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on those factors.
How do I begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. That starts the process of setting up the first session.
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