Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Pam Bolarinho, LICSW, currently a full time VP of Acute Care Services. I have worked in the field of social work for twenty plus years in various clinical support and leadership roles. I started her career as a social worker with the Healthy Families Program and then as a social worker for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families until obtaining her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Bridgewater State University where I was also the Class Representative for her MSW cohort. In addition to my role as the ESP Director for the past three years, my prior experience includes working as the Clinical Director for inpatient psychiatric facility as well as the Social Work Manager at an acute medical hospital for over seven years. I am a proud Portuguese American who immigrated to the United States at age five. SI have have dedicated my life to helping those in need, especially the most vulnerable populations. I have been working closely with many community providers including the Suicide Prevention Coalition, Help & Hope Southcoast, Labor & Human Trafficking, and Opioid Taskforce to name a few. I was instrumental in starting a co-response program with the local Police Department nearly three years ago resulting in over 400 patient’s being seen in the community as part of the co-response model; I am proud of the great work that program is doing in keeping over sixty-five percent of those individuals home who may have otherwise ended up in a local emergency room. I have worked closely with individual providers, community agencies, local police departments and with the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership and Beacon Health Options in identifying ways to continue to divert patients from seeking the emergency room as their first line for their behavioral health needs.
I have always been a patient centered/strength based clinician and find that when you take that approach people tend to respond to treatment in a positive way with positive outcomes. Throughout my career I have worked with trauma victims, end of life, foster care/adoption, individual suffers from reactive attachment disorder, elders, adults suffering from addiction as well as ongoing mental health and chronic mental health.
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Pam Bolarinho is a seasoned social work leader with 20 years of experience in clinical support and administrative roles. She is currently a full-time Vice President of Acute Care Services and has spent much of her career focused on serving vulnerable populations and strengthening community behavioral health responses.
Pam began her practice as a social worker with the Healthy Families Program and then worked for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families before earning her master’s degree in social work from Bridgewater State University, where she served as class representative for her MSW cohort. She has also served as the ESP Director for three years and has held leadership positions including Clinical Director at an inpatient psychiatric facility and Social Work Manager at an acute medical hospital for more than seven years.
She holds a master’s degree in social work and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Massachusetts, bringing both clinical training and organizational leadership to her work. A proud Portuguese American who immigrated to the United States at age five, Pam has dedicated her career to helping those in need and collaborating with community partners to expand access to care.
Pam has worked closely with groups such as the Suicide Prevention Coalition, Help & Hope Southcoast, Labor & Human Trafficking initiatives, and the Opioid Taskforce. She played an instrumental role in launching a co-response program with a local police department nearly three years ago, a model that has brought care to over 400 people in the community and kept more than 65 percent of those individuals at home who might otherwise have gone to an emergency room. She has also partnered with individual providers, community agencies, local police departments, the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, and Beacon Health Options to explore alternatives to emergency room care for behavioral health needs.
Clinically, Pam practices from a patient-centered, strength-based perspective. Over her career she has supported people affected by trauma and abuse, end-of-life concerns, foster care and adoption, reactive attachment disorder, elder care issues, substance use and addiction, ongoing mental health conditions, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, and other life challenges. Her combined clinical and administrative experience informs a compassionate, outcomes-focused approach to care.
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