About Penny
Dr. Penny Brower uses a practical, person-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, depression, and ADHD. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 34 years of experience and works from Illinois.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative, focusing on small changes that make daily life easier. She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioral ideas to help clients notice what matters and take clearer action.
Background and approach
Dr. Brower also draws on attachment-based thinking to look at how early connections shape current patterns. Sessions emphasize simple skills to reduce overwhelm and improve decision-making.
Her background includes in-home work with families, community mental health centers, and independent practice. She spent eight years with the Air National Guard developing programs to reduce suicide risk and strengthen resilience. That range of settings shaped her ability to work with people facing complex life stressors and transitions.
Dr. Brower encourages feedback so therapy stays useful and relevant. She prefers to adapt methods to each person rather than forcing a single approach.
The goal is practical progress you can measure between sessions. Common topics she addresses include grief, addiction concerns, intimacy and communication problems, self-esteem, trauma, and coping with major life changes. People who value clear steps and a respectful, down-to-earth conversation often find her approach helpful.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and managing ADHD-related overwhelm. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and build coping skills. This approach often includes practical homework and short skill-practice between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people develop healthier ways of relating and communicating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That can mean combining techniques, trying a few strategies, and checking in regularly to see what helps most.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, skill coaching, and people who prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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