- Licensed inCalifornia
- License82041, 1127, 15529
- NPI 1861651861
- Experience40+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Sherrin
Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal offers steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, and big life changes. She is a licensed clinician in California with 40 years of professional experience, and she meets clients with practical guidance and calm encouragement.
She creates a space where thoughts and feelings can be named without fear of judgment. Sessions focus on building skills you can use day to day - for handling strong emotions, repairing relationship ruptures, and strengthening connections with children and partners when relevant.
Background and approach
The aim is to help people feel more confident and capable in their relationships and parenting roles. Dr. Packer-Rosenthal keeps current with developments in psychology, neurology, and related fields.
She reviews research carefully and chooses methods that fit each person’s needs. Her background includes an NIMH fellowship in community mental health and work developing children’s support programs in shelter settings. She trained alongside clinicians who study trauma, attachment, and nervous system regulation, and she emphasizes self-compassion as part of healing.
She also became a credentialed school counselor to help families with early identification, IEPs, and 504 plans when children need educational support. In therapy she collaborates with clients to select approaches that match their goals. The work is practical, paced to what each person can manage, and geared toward helping them become the expert on their own life.
Credentials
- LCSW (California)
- License 82041 · expires August 2027
- LPCC (California)
- License 1127 · expires August 2027
- LMFT (California)
- License 15529 · expires March 2026
- NPI
- 1861651861 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sherrin lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sherrin names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
Using attachment ideas and practical skills online
Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people notice patterns in closeness and repair ruptures so they can feel more supported with others. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening without judgment and following the person’s lead to build trust and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors to teach concrete skills for managing anxiety, mood, and stress.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to select methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try techniques, check what helps, and adjust the plan so work feels useful and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video lets you see facial cues and practice interactional work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Messaging and live chat help keep short, focused communication between sessions and can support gradual progress over time.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends warm, client-centered listening with practical skill teaching. Sessions emphasize repairing everyday relationship ruptures, building self-compassion, and learning tools you can use between appointments.
How long has she practiced?
She brings 40 years of professional experience working in community mental health and other settings. That history includes program development and clinical training roles.
What credentials and region apply?
She holds LCSW and LPCC credentials and is licensed in California. Her clinical background includes an NIMH fellowship in community mental health.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She meets with people by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided via a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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