- Emotion-focused work
- CBT tools
- DBT skills
About Pamela
Pamela Merritt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Georgia with 12 years of experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns along with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, stress, parenting, self-esteem, career issues, ADHD, and LGBT-affirming care.
She offers straightforward, emotionally-focused work that pays attention to how feelings show up in relationships. Pamela uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of her approaches and draws on client-centered methods to keep the session focused on the person's experience. She also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when they help with thinking patterns or emotion regulation.
In a typical session she listens for patterns in how people relate and respond to feelings. She helps name emotions that are hard to describe and looks at how they affect behavior. Practical skills from CBT and DBT are introduced when needed to manage anger, anxiety, or stress.
Her background includes a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in social work and more than a decade working with children, adolescents, adults, and couples in clinical settings. Pamela has worked with religious trauma and offers gay-affirmative approaches within her practice.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process. Sessions focus on specific concerns and on skills that can be used between meetings. For parents she addresses parenting stress and related relationship strains without assuming a particular family structure.
Sessions are conducted in English in Georgia. People interested in starting are asked to use the site’s matching and scheduling tools to set up a first appointment and discuss the most suitable format.
How Pamela blends EFT, client-centered work, and CBT online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and naming emotions that shape relationship patterns. It can help when people want to change repeated ways of relating or when feelings are hard to put into words. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes active listening and responding to the person’s experience so sessions stay focused on what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and offers practical tools for managing anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful thinking.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Pamela will collaborate with each person to decide which combination of EFT, client-centered work, or CBT techniques fits their goals. That choice is adjusted over time based on how the client responds and what they want to achieve.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options when you book. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by saving travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during the workday, or removing the need to be on camera for every meeting. Licensed professionals can blend emotion-focused conversations with skill practice and homework so progress continues between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
Pamela works with relationship and family issues, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, stress, parenting, self-esteem, career concerns, ADHD, and LGBT-related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered listening and practical CBT and DBT techniques to address feelings and behavior.
How many years has she been practicing?
She has 12 years of experience providing counseling and therapy in clinical settings.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and CSW practicing in Georgia.
Does she offer therapy in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current online and in-person options when you schedule.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her services?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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