About Penni
Penni Mitchell welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or worn out. She focuses on helping individuals manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, life changes, and struggles with addictive behaviors. Penni works to create an approachable space where someone can talk honestly and start making small changes that matter.
Penni is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience. She blends practical techniques from several approaches to match each person's needs.
How Penni works
Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-focused, with attention to feelings, behavior, and daily routines. Her work often includes supports for grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, career stress, sleep and eating concerns, and trauma-related issues. She also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, body image, and challenges that come with aging or blended families.
Penni pays attention to how multiple issues can interact, such as co-morbid conditions and compassion fatigue. In session she uses tools from client-centered work, cognitive-behavioral methods, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally-focused techniques, and hypnotherapy when appropriate. She aims to help people build coping skills, improve communication, and reduce distress through clear, practical steps.
People who choose Penni can expect a warm, accepting tone. She partners with clients to set realistic goals and track progress. The overall aim is to help people feel more capable and more in control of day-to-day life.
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What Penni works with
The areas below are the ones Penni selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapy approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. The therapist listens deeply, reflects back what is heard, and helps the client explore choices and values. This approach is useful for improving self-esteem, decision-making, and emotional understanding.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and coping with life changes.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It emphasizes distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication for people dealing with overwhelming feelings or recurring conflicts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. They adapt methods over time so sessions align with progress and changing needs.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction from wherever they are. Phone sessions can work well when bandwith is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Chat and text messaging allow shorter or more frequent contact for ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and travel.
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