PAMELA SHAKIR, MSW, LCSW

Pamela Shakir is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Owner and CEO of Healing Minds and Hearts, LLC, a psychotherapy provider. She is a therapist, consultant, and mental health advocate who has worked with children and families for over 25 years. She has also worked in the fields of child welfare, corrections and rehabilitation, healthcare, and education and currently serves as a Clinical Therapist for a school district in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Pamela has a Master’s in Counseling and Social Work from California State University, Bakersfield. She specializes in working with women and couples who struggle with communication concerns, relationship trauma, and disagreements within their relationships. Strategically, Pamela has worked with adolescents, adults, and families who struggle with loss, depression, anxiety, rejection, substance abuse, and life transitions. She enjoys speaking to women about women’s issues, ways to improve their coping skills, and how to heal from trauma. Pamela formerly served as a School Social Worker, advisor for Young Women Empowered for Leadership, committee member and presenter for Project Next Step at Kern High School District in Bakersfield, CA.

She has three beautiful and intelligent daughters: Courtney, Lyric, and Sa’miah and resides in Atlanta, GA.

She currently serves on the Pastoral Search Committee, Teachers’ Development Trainer, Missions Prayer Directress, Tuesday Bible School Directress, and Prison/Jail Ministry Leader. Sis. Woods has conducted workshops and provided teaching training for the Illinois Baptist State Association.

Her educational pursuits have taken her to Moody Bible Institute where she earned both, a Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies, and a Master’s Degree in Ministry.

She retired from the Illinois Department of Revenue in 2014 after 25 years of service.

She shares her life with her husband Douglas Woods, Sr. to whom she has been married for over 36 years. She also enjoys the pleasure of sharing her love with her 3 adult sons, Cledis, Kelvin, Douglas II, and a wonderful daughter in law, Rita.

During her spare time she enjoys travelling, dining, shopping, working out with the senior exercise group, and surfing the internet.

Most importantly of all of her accomplishments, was when she came into a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Her deepest desire is to do the will of God, and make Christ known to all people.