Penny is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Missouri with a Master's in Social work.  She brings over 20 years of experience trouble shooting and problem solving on teams in business settings.  She has over 10 years of experience working with adults, older adults and their families to provide support in various settings. Work in community, health care, and acute psychiatric care settings have provided Penny with a broad perspective on the issues of aging and supporting aging parents, coping with chronic illness, bullying, life changes at all ages, depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, grief and loss.

Penny is warm and welcoming and makes clients feel comfortable right away.  Penny's approach is to meet each client where they are in their life journey and hold space with them. By listening and clarifying ideas, Penny helps clients create a new narrative to find balance. By building the therapeutic alliance together, Penny helps clients create connections, gain insight, and learn skills to cope with and better manage life’s stressors. Penny utilizes Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Expressive techniques and tailors her approach to the needs of the person and the issues at hand.  Penny is available for in-person and teletherapy services.