Lindsay Pennell
Supportive counselor for stress and addiction recovery
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Lindsay
Lindsay Pennell is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship difficulties. She practices in Missouri and brings nine years of counseling experience to sessions. Lindsay aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk about what’s worrying them without pressure.
Her style is warm and open. She listens for practical goals and meets people where they are. Sessions emphasize understanding current struggles and taking small, doable steps forward.
Background and approach
Lindsay uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness. She helps clients notice unhelpful thinking, build new habits, and find internal motivation for change. That combination is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and substance use challenges.
In sessions she highlights strengths and individual learning styles. Work might include practicing new ways to handle stress, setting boundaries, or addressing sleep and mood patterns. Lindsay also addresses issues like grief, shame, and problems related to work or money.
Conversations are goal oriented and paced to fit the person seeking help. Lindsay explains steps clearly and checks in on what is and isn’t working. She supports clients as they try out changes and adjust plans as needed.
Evidence-based techniques offered online
Two key approaches Lindsay draws on are cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and panic. Motivational interviewing focuses on building a person’s own reasons for change and can be especially helpful when addressing substance use or ambivalence about new habits.She also uses mindfulness practices to help reduce reactivity and strengthen attention to the present moment. Mindfulness exercises can support stress management, sleep, and coping with difficult emotions. Together these approaches provide practical skills people can use between sessions.
Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. Lindsay collaborates with each person to identify goals, test approaches, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That means trying concrete strategies, reviewing progress, and changing direction as needed so therapy fits individual needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These options make it easier to schedule around work, childcare, or travel and allow follow-up between live sessions. The variety of formats helps people keep momentum and practice skills where they live and work.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
Next step
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