About Penny
Dr. Penny Brower uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship problems, depression, and life transitions. She is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - with 34 years of clinical experience in Illinois.
Dr. Brower writes plainly and works with people to build skills they can use between sessions. Her style combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based work, and client-centered conversation.
Sessions focus on clear goals, small experiments, and learning new ways to respond to tough situations.
How Penny works
She pays attention to how relationships and past experiences shape current patterns. Dr. Brower has a long history in community mental health, independent practice, and in-home therapy with complex families.
She also spent eight years working with the Air National Guard on programs to lower suicide risk and increase resilience. That background informs her practical, problem-solving focus. In session she helps people facing addiction, grief, anger, intimacy issues, ADHD challenges, and struggles with self-esteem and identity.
She also addresses family of origin, communication problems, infidelity, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. The goal is to help people make clearer decisions and develop tools to cope day to day. She values feedback and adjusts methods based on what clients say is helpful.
That collaborative attitude aims to make therapy fit each person's life and needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.
Penny lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Penny works with
The areas below are the ones Penny selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 34 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where people feel stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current relationship patterns and helps people build healthier ways of connecting.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods together. This collaborative process helps pick strategies that match each person's needs and daily life.
Online therapy with this clinician is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging let people fit short check-ins into busy days or keep therapy going between scheduled sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to maintain consistency while working toward change.
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