Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal, LCSW, LPCC

Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal is a California-licensed therapist with 40 years of clinical experience, offering longtime expertise in stress, anxiety, trauma, abuse, parenting, and coping with life changes. She holds LCSW and LPCC credentials - Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - and draws on a broad background working with individuals, families, and children across the lifespan. Her practice emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can explore thoughts and feelings and build practical skills for more fulfilling relationships and daily life.

Her career includes an NIMH fellowship in community mental health and collaborative work helping to establish early shelters and children support programs. She trained alongside noted clinicians such as Alicia Lieberman, PhD, and has engaged with the research and teachings of Bessel van der Kolk, Stephen Porges, and Daniel Siegel to inform a balanced, evidence-aware approach. She also became a credentialed school counselor to assist families with early identification, IEPs, and 504 plans so children can access appropriate educational supports.

Dr. Packer-Rosenthal selects therapeutic methods that fit each client, combining attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and related techniques to help people develop self-compassion, repair everyday relationship ruptures, and become confident caregivers and partners. Her work aims to empower clients to understand themselves deeply and to practice lasting skills within their families and relationships.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal uses attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationships influence current patterns, helping clients improve connection, trust, and emotional regulation in partnerships and families. She also employs client-centered therapy, focusing on empathic listening and supporting clients to access their own strengths and goals so they can chart meaningful change at their own pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering concrete strategies for managing anxiety, stress, and everyday challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Packer-Rosenthal collaborates with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds to ensure a personalized plan that feels right for each individual or family.

Online therapy formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access care from home or wherever clients are located in California. These options provide flexibility in scheduling, continuity of care between sessions, and multiple ways to communicate so clients can choose the format that best supports their healing and growth.