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 full-time vice president of Acute Care Services with 20 years of experience in social work, combining clinical practice and leadership across a range of care settings. She holds a Master of Social Work from Bridgewater State University, where she served as the class representative for her MSW cohort, and she is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Massachusetts. Pam practices from a patient-centered, strengths-based perspective and is based in Massachusetts.
Her career began as a social worker with the Healthy Families Program and continued with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families before she completed her graduate training. She has served as the ESP Director for the past three years and previously held roles as Clinical Director of an inpatient psychiatric facility and Social Work Manager at an acute medical hospital for more than seven years.
A proud Portuguese American who immigrated to the United States at age five, Pam has devoted her work to supporting vulnerable populations and collaborating with community partners. She has worked closely with organizations such as the Suicide Prevention Coalition, Help & Hope Southcoast, Labor & Human Trafficking programs, and the Opioid Taskforce. Nearly three years ago she helped launch a co-response program with a local police department that has resulted in over 400 patients being seen in the community and has helped keep more than 65 percent of those individuals at home who might otherwise have been taken 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 identify alternatives to emergency room care for behavioral health needs.
Throughout her career Pam has worked with people affected by trauma, end-of-life concerns, foster care and adoption, reactive attachment disorder, elder issues, addiction, and both ongoing and chronic mental health conditions. Her approach emphasizes strengths and patient-centered care to support positive treatment outcomes.
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