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Penni Fontenot, LCSW

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationLouisiana
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Grief
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Penni

Penni Fontenot is an LCSW based in Louisiana who brings a decade of clinical experience to supporting people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, low self-esteem, and difficulties with focus and attention including ADHD.

Background and approach

She frames clients as the experts of their own lives, and emphasizes strengths and inner resources while offering guidance to uncover answers that may feel out of reach. Her approach centers on helping clients build motivation, confidence, and practical coping skills to manage emotional pain and improve day-to-day functioning.

Penni works with issues that often accompany these concerns such as abandonment wounds, codependency, communication problems, shame and guilt, relationship breakdowns like divorce and separation, narcissistic dynamics, and post-traumatic stress. She values the courage it takes to begin therapy and aims to create a supportive space to explore goals and challenges.

Penni encourages a collaborative process where clients and therapist dig beneath surface concerns to identify patterns, strengths, and strategies that lead to meaningful change. Her Louisiana licensure as an LCSW and ten years of work inform a grounded, steady style focused on practical steps and compassionate support.

Evidence-Informed Care and Flexible Online Options

Penni uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building coping skills and increasing emotional insight. One approach helps clients identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and replace them with more effective strategies to reduce stress and depression symptoms. Another approach emphasizes skill-building for attention, organization, and emotion regulation to support those managing focus difficulties and ADHD-related challenges.

Finding the right approach is collaborative; Penni works with each person to understand their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts methods over time to find what fits best. She views therapy as a joint process where client experience guides the selection and pacing of techniques.

Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow for scheduling flexibility and ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to access a licensed professional from different locations within her practice area and to choose the communication style that feels most comfortable and practical for day-to-day life.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Penni commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem challenges, depression, and ADHD-related focus and attention issues, along with related matters like abandonment, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, narcissism, and post-traumatic stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Penni emphasizes a strengths-based, collaborative approach that helps clients explore their own answers while receiving guidance to uncover deeper patterns and build practical coping skills.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of professional experience working in clinical settings and supporting people through emotional and attention-related challenges.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
Penni is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana with the credential LCSW and license number LA LCSW 12209.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How do costs and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemDepressionADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentCodependencyCommunication problemsDivorce and separationGuilt and shameNarcissismPost-traumatic stress

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Louisiana

Languages

English