About Penny
Penny Clodfelter greets people with a calm, straightforward presence. She helps individuals who are struggling with addiction, relationship strain, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, and anger. Penny draws on 35 years of practice and uses simple, clear methods in conversation so people can feel understood and make steady changes.
Her work focuses on practical steps and honest talk. She encourages people to name what’s hardest and to set small, manageable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and build everyday habits that support mood and relationships. Penny is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, and also holds a Kansas Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker credential, LSCSW. She practices in Kansas and brings long experience helping people sort through parenting stress, attachment concerns, eating and intimacy issues, and the effects of loss and abandonment.
Her approach uses straightforward therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to change unhelpful thoughts and build motivation. Mindfulness tools and solution-focused steps are used when people want immediate strategies to cope with stress and make decisions. Penny aims for a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can speak plainly about hard topics.
She invites people to take a first step when they feel ready, and to work at a pace that feels manageable.
Therapeutic methods for online sessions
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for depression, anxiety, stress, and patterns that keep people stuck. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and build momentum for recovery or new habits. It fits well when someone feels unsure or stuck about making a change.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Penny will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest methods to try. She views therapy as a collaborative process and adjusts tools based on how a person responds over time.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people connect face to face when travel or scheduling is difficult. Phone sessions are useful when a quieter setup or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching easier between sessions. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Kansas, Missouri
- Languages
- English