About Penny
Dr. Penny Brower uses practical, evidence-informed therapy to help people dealing with anxiety, phobias, stress, and relationship struggles. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and brings 34 years of clinical experience to sessions.
Her manner is direct and steady, aimed at helping people feel more capable in daily life. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and take values-based action.
Background and approach
Attachment-informed work is used to untangle repeating relationship patterns and to repair trust and connection. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused; homework and small experiments are often suggested between meetings. Her background includes in-home work with complex families, roles in community mental health centers, and independent practice.
She also spent eight years with the Air National Guard helping shape programs to reduce suicide risk and increase resilience. Those experiences shaped a practical approach that attends to safety, functioning, and realistic steps forward. Dr.
Brower asks for feedback about what helps and what does not. She adjusts methods so therapy fits each person rather than forcing a single technique. This keeps work relevant and usable for daily life.
People who come for help with grief, addiction concerns, ADHD-related struggles, or life transitions will find structured tools and a focus on what matters to them. The emphasis is on clearer choices, improved coping, and stronger relationships.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical tools to change reactions and behavior. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns and helps people repair connection and communication when bonds feel strained.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to weigh goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they try methods and adjust the plan so sessions stay useful and focused on real life outcomes.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for in-depth discussion and nonverbal cues, phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports short check-ins or when typing helps organize thoughts, and messaging lets people share progress or questions between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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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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