About Penny
Penny Nevins is a licensed mental health counselor who brings 23 years of clinical experience to her work in Florida. She focuses on trauma recovery, building self-esteem, and helping people manage anger and compassion fatigue. Penny aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people under stress.
She uses clear, direct conversation to help clients make sense of painful events. Sessions often include talking through upsetting memories, learning ways to manage strong emotions, and practicing new skills for everyday life.
Background and approach
The goal is to reduce overwhelm and increase a sense of control. Penny also helps people cope with major life changes and long-term health or caregiving challenges. She has experience supporting those affected by domestic violence, divorce, and complicated family dynamics.
Her background includes working with people facing chronic pain, fertility struggles, and issues tied to abandonment or guilt. Her approach draws on several methods that are adaptable to each person. She combines client-centered care with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and trauma-focused therapies.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work are used when clients want clear, goal-oriented steps. Penny keeps sessions focused and respectful. She helps clients set achievable goals and track progress over time.
People who prefer direct guidance mixed with listening tend to find her style helpful.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s experience at the center. The therapist listens with curiosity and supports the client's own goals, helping people feel heard and understood. This approach is useful for building trust and for working through emotional pain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and short homework tasks to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and improve mood. Clients often leave sessions with concrete steps to practice between meetings.
Penny will collaborate with each person to find the right mix of methods. She talks with clients about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they choose techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match daily life. Video is good for fuller interaction, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat and text work well for quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, or when travel is difficult.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English