Pennie Brooks, LMHC
Therapist in Florida
Pennie Brooks is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with more than four decades of experience.
- License MH6216 · Florida Expires March 2027
- NPI 1417081084 · national registry
- Experience and languages 42+ years in practice English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check any license with the state board and any NPI with the national registry.
About Pennie
Pennie Brooks is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with more than four decades of experience. She listens closely and helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, anger, and relationship concerns. Her manner is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at getting practical tools into daily life quickly.
She uses a mix of therapy styles to match each person’s needs. That can include Gottman Method ideas for communication and connection, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to clarify values and build flexibility, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Background and approach
Hypnotherapy and client-centered approaches are also part of her toolbox when they fit the situation. Pennie has worked in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, hospice, government programs for at-risk youth, group practices, and long-term independent practice. She has experience with chronic pain, illness, brain and spinal cord injury, cancer, caregiving stress, and recovery from abuse.
That background informs how she helps people manage medical and life transitions. Her style is collaborative and skills-based. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can use between meetings, along with emotional support and problem-solving.
Many people return for additional work as new challenges arise, and she treats that as a normal part of ongoing growth. Pennie practices in Florida and sees adults across a range of life stages. She offers a calm, steady presence and aims to help people feel more capable, clearer about goals, and better able to handle whatever comes next.
Credentials
- LMHC (Florida)
- License MH6216 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1417081084 · national provider identifier
Both are public records. A state board register will confirm a license and its standing, and the national registry will confirm an NPI. This directory copies what the therapist lists and checks neither.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Pennie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Pennie names
- Gottman Method
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
These are the approaches Pennie names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Gottman Method work focuses on improving communication and reducing harmful interaction patterns in close relationships. It uses specific exercises to help people talk about needs, manage conflict, and rebuild connection when communication has broken down.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take action aligned with those values. It is often helpful for anxiety, stress, chronic illness, and when life changes make it hard to move forward.
Client-centered therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the person’s own goals guide the work. It helps people feel heard and make decisions at their own pace.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaborative plan can change as progress is made or new issues arise.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or live chat can be helpful for quick check-ins or brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent with a busy life.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Pennie works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and anger. She also addresses related issues like chronic pain, caregiving stress, body image, attachment concerns, and codependency.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and skills-based, combining practical strategies with emotional support. She adapts methods to each person’s needs to help with short-term challenges and long-term goals.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 42 years in the mental health field, including work in hospitals, rehabilitation, hospice, government-funded programs, group practice, and long-term independent practice.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, practicing in Florida.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist’s availability.
More therapists in Florida
See all
Steven Brashear
LMHC
Thomas Corwell
LMHC, LMFT
Shannon Salgado
LMFT
Susan Dawson
LMHC
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.