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Lindsay Pennell, LPC

  • Experience9 years
  • LocationMissouri
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Addictions
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Lindsay

Lindsay Pennell is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Missouri who aims to help adults navigating stress, mood concerns, substance use, and life transitions.

Background and approach

With nine years of clinical experience, she focuses on practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, and addictive behaviors while addressing related concerns such as trauma, grief, sleep difficulties, and ADHD. Her background includes significant work with adults facing mental health diagnoses and substance use challenges.

She brings a warm, open manner to sessions and emphasizes a collaborative, strengths-based process that meets clients where they are. Lindsay uses motivational interviewing to build momentum for change, cognitive behavioral techniques to reframe unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness practices to increase present-moment awareness.

Her intent is to help clients feel understood, set clear boundaries, and make steady progress toward personal goals. Lindsay supports people through career stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting and family issues, and recovery-focused goals while tailoring interventions to each person’s needs and learning style.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Support

Lindsay draws on well-established evidence-based techniques to guide online work. Cognitive behavioral approaches focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety, depression, panic symptoms, and difficulties with motivation. Motivational interviewing is used to strengthen readiness for change and explore ambivalence, which is often helpful for people coping with addictions or making lifestyle shifts. Mindfulness-based practices help build awareness of present-moment experience and can support stress reduction, improved sleep, and greater emotional regulation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Lindsay works with each client to explore which techniques match their goals, preferences, and learning style, adjusting methods over time as progress and needs evolve. Clients are involved in setting goals and selecting strategies so therapy feels tailored and practical.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, maintain continuity during life changes, and access care from home in Missouri. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same therapeutic skills and structured interventions used in traditional settings while accommodating personal logistics and comfort.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Lindsay help address?
She works with a range of adult concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep issues, and ADHD alongside related problems like panic attacks and social anxiety.
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
The approach is warm and open, emphasizing collaboration and strength-based work. Techniques include motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral ideas, and mindfulness to promote insight and practical change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Lindsay has nine years of professional experience working in the counseling field, primarily with adults who have mental health diagnoses and substance use concerns.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with license number MO LPC 2013029340.
Are sessions available in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing different ways to engage depending on preference and need.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseSelf esteem

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Drug and alcohol addictionGuilt and shameMoney and financial issuesPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobia

Experience

9+ years

Licensed

Missouri

Languages

English