Pamela Barrigar, LCSW

Pamela Barrigar is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who brings 15 years of clinical experience to her practice in Illinois. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Pamela also supports those dealing with relationship strains, grief, addiction, ADHD, and midlife or life-purpose questions.

She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that can be used between sessions. Her work mixes talk-based, skills-focused, and mindfulness methods to help people manage difficult feelings and patterns. Pamela names straightforward goals with each person and looks for small changes that add up.

Pamela practices from a client-centered place and integrates behavioral and mindfulness tools. That means sessions often include noticing thoughts, practicing new skills, and identifying values that guide decisions. She also draws on acceptance-focused strategies to reduce struggle with painful emotions.

Her background includes long-term clinical work across settings that informed how she approaches anxiety, mood concerns, and trauma-related reactions. Pamela emphasizes a nonjudgmental stance and respects different faiths while noting she practices as a Christian counselor.

If you are managing control issues, communication challenges, codependency, or compassion fatigue, she offers ways to build steadier habits and clearer boundaries. Pamela encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes and collaborates on plans that fit each person’s life and limits.

How these approaches work in online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that match those values, which can reduce the hold of anxiety or trauma-related avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches skills for changing unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and stress-related problems. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and breathing practices to quiet overactive worry and improve emotional regulation, useful for overwhelm and anger.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Pamela will collaborate with each person to decide which methods make the most sense based on goals, daily demands, and what feels comfortable. She adjusts tools and pacing as needs become clearer during early sessions.

Confirm the available session formats before you book so you know how she is currently meeting with clients. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten commute time, and let people use quieter spaces or phone check-ins when video is difficult. These practical benefits can help maintain consistency and make it simpler to practice new skills between appointments.