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Penelope "Penny" McBride, LCSW

  • Experience26 years
  • LocationNew York
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Addictions
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Penelope

Penelope "Penny" McBride is a New York LCSW with 26 years of clinical experience who centers her work on client-directed growth and practical skills.

Background and approach

She integrates client-centered principles with evidence-based strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and family-related concerns while attending to mood disorders such as depression and bipolar illness. Her practice emphasizes understanding each person's story and tailoring interventions that fit their needs and life stage.

Penny draws on a range of therapeutic tools including cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-informed perspectives, dialectical behavior skills, and the Gottman Method for relational work. She helps clients strengthen communication, address intimacy and relationship challenges, and develop coping strategies for grief, career shifts, and compassion fatigue.

ADHD is listed among her focus areas and is considered alongside other difficulties to shape treatment plans. With an empathetic, respectful stance, she collaborates with clients to build resilience, clarify values, and create realistic steps toward improved functioning and self-compassion.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Many clients find cognitive behavioral therapy helpful for identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors; this approach focuses on practical strategies to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to improve day-to-day functioning. Attachment-based therapy explores how early and current relationship patterns shape emotional responses and interpersonal struggles, offering a path to repair relational wounds and build more stable connections. These approaches can be used together to address both inner experience and relationship dynamics, depending on what a person brings to sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to understand goals, preferences, and presenting difficulties and will recommend methods or combine techniques that best fit those needs. This shared decision making helps tailor care and adjust strategies as work progresses.

Online therapy using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules and for people who prefer remote access. These formats let clients connect from different locations and use a mix of real-time conversation and messaging to continue work between sessions, making therapy more accessible while maintaining a consistent therapeutic relationship.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she commonly address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, mood disorders like depression and bipolar, and ADHD among other areas.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her work is client-centered and collaborative, blending attachment-informed care with practical, skills-based approaches such as CBT and DBT to help clients develop insight and coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 26 years of experience to her practice, offering long-term clinical perspective and familiarity with a wide range of presenting problems.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with license number NY LCSW 077548.
Can non-English speakers work with her?
Sessions are offered in English; she is not listed as providing therapy in other languages or accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers a variety of online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteem

Also works with

Relationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Gottman MethodMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

26+ years

Licensed

New York

Languages

English

What Penelope can help with

Penelope "Penny" McBride works with clients on stress and anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and self esteem.

Penelope works with stress, anxiety, trauma, and addiction.

How Penelope approaches therapy

Penelope's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Gottman Method, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Penelope is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in New York, with 26 years of clinical experience.