Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal, LCSW, LPCC

Dr. Sherrin Packer-Rosenthal is a California-based therapist with four decades of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and parenting challenges. She also supports those coping with major life changes and offers guidance around aging and geriatric issues.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She creates a nonjudgmental space where people can talk about thoughts and feelings. Sessions emphasize building skills to repair everyday ruptures in relationships and to strengthen self-compassion.

Dr. Packer-Rosenthal keeps current with research in psychology, neurology, and biology and brings that knowledge into her work with a critical eye. She adapts methods to fit each person rather than forcing one fixed approach. Clients are helped to become experts in their own lives through collaborative goal-setting and skill practice.

Her background includes an NIMH fellowship in community mental health and early work helping to found shelters and child support programs. She trained with clinicians who focus on trauma and attachment and became a credentialed school counselor to assist families with early identification and educational planning such as IEPs and 504s.

In sessions she draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered care, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior strategies, and relationship work influenced by the Gottman Method. The aim is to help people feel more confident in parenting, relationships, and daily life.

Approaches that guide online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand connection needs and repair repeated relationship ruptures. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience, using empathic listening to help clients make their own choices and build confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often used for anxiety and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will help decide which methods fit best based on goals, worries, and personal preferences. That decision is collaborative and may change as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins between commitments, fewer travel demands, or sessions that better match the day’s energy level. Licensed professionals can still use the same therapeutic tools in remote sessions, helping clients practice skills, process difficult moments, and plan concrete steps between meetings.