Penny Howland, LCSW

Penny Howland is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with forty years of experience in both medical and mental health settings. She blends practical psychotherapeutic methods to help people facing life transitions, loss, addiction, mood shifts, and relationship strain. Penny emphasizes the connection between mind and body and respects each person's capacity to adapt and regain balance.

She has worked in dialysis units and with patients at the end of life, as well as with people coping with substance use and adjustment difficulties. That background means she often helps people talk through grief, chronic stress, caregiver burdens, and the practical fallout of illness. She also supports people addressing anxiety, depression, compulsive behaviors, and intimacy or relationship concerns.

Penny draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns and underlying feelings that show up in relationships. Sessions are conversational and focused on clear goals the person brings to therapy.

Her training includes a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Social Work from Wayne State University. The LCSW credential indicates licensure to practice clinical social work in Florida. Penny is also affiliated with professional organizations related to social work and addiction care.

People who contact her can expect a straightforward approach that links emotional concerns to everyday life. She aims to help people find practical steps and understand patterns so they can move toward greater balance.

How Penny’s approaches translate to online work

People may find Cognitive Behavioral Therapy useful for spotting negative thought patterns and learning concrete coping strategies for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, or compulsive behaviors. CBT focuses on present thoughts and behaviors and offers practical exercises to try between sessions.

Psychodynamic therapy looks at recurring emotional patterns and the roots of how people relate to others. This approach helps when someone wants to understand long-standing relationship or intimacy problems and how past experiences influence today.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, needs, and preferences and then recommend ways of working together. Plans may combine shorter, skills-focused work with deeper, exploratory conversations depending on what feels most helpful.

Specific session formats were not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, permit shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can use different methods to adapt treatment to everyday routines and stressors, helping people practice new skills between sessions.