Penny Clodfelter, LCSW, LSCSW

Penny Clodfelter is a licensed social worker who helps people facing addiction, relationship struggles, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, and stress. She speaks plainly and creates a calm space where people can say what they’re thinking and feeling. Penny encourages small steps and acknowledges that reaching out for help takes courage.

She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker credential, and she has worked in the field for 35 years. That experience informs a practical approach focused on what helps in daily life. Sessions are grounded in everyday language rather than clinical jargon.

Penny uses methods that help people change unhelpful thinking, build new habits, and stay motivated to reach goals. She often pairs tools that encourage present-moment awareness with goal-focused talk to move problems forward. Together with each person, she looks for straightforward strategies to manage symptoms and improve relationships.

Her practice includes work around parenting, family concerns, intimacy issues, eating and self-esteem struggles, and problems tied to attachment, abandonment, or caregiving stress. She also supports people dealing with anger, codependency, divorce, or past abuse.

Penny aims to help people notice patterns, try new ways of responding, and track small gains over time. She meets clients where they are and adjusts approaches to fit each person’s needs and goals.

Approaches that guide online work

Many clients find cognitive behavioral work useful for breaking unhelpful thinking and changing habits. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns, testing them, and practicing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice moment-to-moment experience without judgment. Simple attention and breathing exercises are used to reduce reactivity, manage stress, and build awareness of feelings and urges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person’s style, and adjust techniques over time. That shared planning helps make therapy feel relevant and doable.

Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins that focus on practical problems. Some approaches translate well to brief, task-focused sessions while others involve guided exercises between meetings, and Penny will help match the format and pace to what a client needs.