Dr. Penny Brower , LCPC

Dr. Penny Brower greets each person as an individual whose life story shapes how they respond to stress, relationships, loss, and change. She uses a conversational, exploratory stance to help clients trace the decisions and events that brought them to a difficult place and to build practical skills and resources for moving forward. Drawing on many years of work with individuals and couples, she emphasizes collaboration and invites ongoing feedback so therapy can be shaped around what helps and what does not.

Her career began with in-home therapy for families facing multiple challenges, and she has treated clients in community mental health centers as well as in private practice. For eight years she partnered with the Air National Guard to develop a program focused on lowering suicide risk, strengthening resilience, and reducing stigma around seeking help. She holds a doctoral degree from The University of Iowa and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - LCPC, which denotes a licensed counselor trained to provide professional mental health services.

Dr. Brower prefers to avoid labeling people as simply "normal" or not, instead attending to the conditions that affect how someone feels and functions. That perspective supports a thoughtful, respectful approach to therapy that aims to increase intentional, responsible responses to thoughts, feelings, and behavior and to help clients create more satisfying, adaptive ways of living.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Brower integrates several evidence-informed approaches to meet different needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being governed by them, while encouraging movement toward values-based action; it can be especially useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores early relationship patterns and their impact on current connections, helping people and couples improve trust, closeness, and emotional safety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaching practical skills to reduce distress and build more adaptive responses.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Dr. Brower collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and circumstances, and she adapts strategies over time based on what is most helpful.

Online therapy with Dr. Brower is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or other convenient settings and allow continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible.