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Pamela English

Pamela English, LPC

Connecticut

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LPC in Connecticut - Mood and relationship concerns

  • ACT techniques
  • CBT skills
  • Attachment focus

About Pamela

Pamela English is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Connecticut with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are carrying stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, mood concerns such as bipolar and depression, addictions, and issues around identity and relationships, including LGBT and intimacy-related concerns.

Pamela uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She talks with clients about patterns that keep emotional pain active and helps them try small, concrete changes. Sessions include noticing thoughts and feelings, practicing new ways to respond, and improving communication where relationships are strained.

Her background includes work with attachment concerns, abandonment, codependency, and challenges like caregiver stress, blended family issues, and body image. Pamela also addresses symptoms that overlap with ADHD, dissociation, and avoidant or dependent personality tendencies. She brings several research-based approaches into her work, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy.

People meet practical tools for emotion regulation, boundaries, and clearer thinking. Pamela helps clients name patterns from the past that affect choices today and practice different ways of responding. She also supports those facing separation, domestic violence aftermath, or complicated grief.

To begin, people are asked to use the site's matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Fees vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

How Pamela blends approaches in online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that fit their values. It is often used when guilt or shame prevent someone from living the life they want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments, which can reduce worry and repetitive self-criticism. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns that develop early and shows how they affect trust and intimacy now, helping people understand why certain situations trigger strong shame or avoidance.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Pamela discusses goals and preferences with each person and tries methods that fit their situation. The process is collaborative - she helps clients track what helps and adjusts methods over time so sessions feel relevant and useful.

The therapist biography does not list particular session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around daily life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also makes attendance possible from different places when schedules or location change. Pamela uses these therapies in ways that can translate to remote sessions, focusing on skills practice, in-session reflection, and between-session experiments to apply learning to everyday situations.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSelf esteemADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

5+ years

Listed in

Connecticut

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Pamela works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar and depression, addictions, LGBT concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and self-esteem concerns, and ADHD-related struggles.

How does she approach guilt or shame?

She uses practical strategies such as ACT and CBT to help people notice painful thoughts and try new ways of responding rather than getting stuck in self-blame.

What is her clinical background and experience?

She has five years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor and brings multiple evidence-based methods into her sessions.

Where is she licensed to practice?

Pamela is an LPC licensed in Connecticut and offers services from that location.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and Pamela accepts international clients.

What session formats are used?

The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How are fees handled?

Fees vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.

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