Penny Howland

Penny Howland is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of practice in settings that bridge medical and mental health care. She combines practical strategies with thoughtful listening to help people manage grief, addiction, depression, and stress. Penny emphasizes steady, compassionate support while helping people find workable ways to cope with major life changes.

Her background includes work with dialysis patients, people facing terminal illness, and those grieving losses. She draws on long experience with substance use and adjustment disorders to shape care around each person’s needs. Penny believes the mind and body affect one another, and she pays attention to both when planning sessions.

Penny holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Social Work from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She is a member of the American Clinical Social Work association and the National Association of Social Workers. Her license is LCSW and she practices in Florida.

In sessions she uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with psychodynamic ideas to understand patterns and reduce distress. She adapts methods to the situation rather than following any single formula. That means practical steps for managing symptoms alongside time to reflect on deeper patterns that keep problems repeating.

Penny also supports people facing hospice and end-of-life counseling challenges, offering steady presence and practical planning conversations. Her approach aims to help people reclaim balance and comfort while navigating very difficult moments.

How CBT and Psychodynamic Work Online

Penny uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often focuses on concrete steps you can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or break unhelpful habits.

She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring patterns and emotional history. That approach helps when relationship patterns, attachment issues, or long-standing reactions to loss keep showing up in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether more skills-based tools, deeper reflective work, or a blend makes the most sense. Goals, life demands, and personal preference all shape that decision.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It can also help people keep continuity of care when they live far from a clinician or travel internationally.