Penni Mitchell, LCSW
Florida · 30 years in practice
Penni Mitchell is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW10422 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1578838892 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Penni
Penni Mitchell is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and life transitions. Her manner is warm and nonjudgmental, and she aims to create a calm space where people can speak honestly and find clearer ways forward.
Penni uses a mix of practical methods to match each person’s needs. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at feelings and relationships, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behavior, and Client-Centered approaches that follow the person’s pace and priorities.
Background and approach
She also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and hypnotherapy when they fit the situation. Across her work she helps with many concerns including intimacy issues, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, career questions, ADHD, and coping after trauma or loss. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care matters, attachment challenges, blended family dynamics, and aging-related worries.
Penni takes a practical, toolbox approach. Sessions focus on what the person brings in the moment and on building skills that make daily life easier. She encourages small experiments between sessions and checks progress regularly.
She offers sessions in English and sees clients in Florida as well as international clients. Formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Penni aims to help people feel steadier and more confident as they work toward their goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Penni lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Penni names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and working with strong emotions and patterns in relationships. It helps people notice how feelings shape actions and aims to create different, more helpful emotional responses. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities, letting the session follow what matters most while the therapist offers supportive reflection and empathy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical tools to shift those patterns and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging make it possible to track thoughts in the moment and fit therapy into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent across time zones and daily demands.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Penni address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career concerns, ADHD, and related challenges listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, accepting, and direct. Sessions balance emotional work and practical skills so people can handle daily challenges better.
What is her professional background?
Penni has practiced for 30 years and holds a Masters in Education and a Masters in Social Work.
What credential and location are listed?
She is a Florida LCSW and works from Florida while also seeing international clients.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangement; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Penni?
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