- Warm and open
- Skills focused
- Strengths based
About Lindsay
Lindsay Pennell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri who focuses on helping adults manage anxiety, stress, and substance use challenges. She works with people dealing with panic attacks, depression, bipolar symptoms, and relationship or career strain. Her manner is warm and open, and she aims to help clients feel heard and make progress toward practical goals.
She has nine years of experience in clinical settings supporting adults with mental health diagnoses and addiction concerns. Lindsay uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change and cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness practices and a strength-based focus are woven into sessions to help build coping skills and day-to-day resilience.
In sessions she aims to meet each person where they are. She emphasizes clear boundaries, realistic steps, and skills that can be practiced between meetings. She also works on issues such as grief, sleep trouble, parenting strain, anger, and substance use concerns like drug or alcohol addiction and smoking or vaping cessation.
Her goal is to create a supportive space where clients can speak openly and try new ways of handling problems. Lindsay partners with people as individuals, adapting interventions to each person’s needs and learning style. She encourages small, steady steps toward greater stability and wellbeing.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online work
Many of the approaches Lindsay uses are practical techniques people can learn and practice between sessions. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with short experiments, which helps with panic, anxiety, and mood problems. Motivational interviewing is a conversational method that helps people clarify their own reasons to change, often used for addictions and health behavior shifts.Mindfulness practices in sessions teach simple attention and breathing exercises that reduce reactivity and support sleep and stress management. These are taught in easy steps so people can fit them into daily routines and repeat them on their own.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lindsay works collaboratively to match techniques to each person’s needs, goals, and learning style. She will suggest what to try first and adjust the plan based on what helps and what doesn’t.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow follow-up conversations or brief check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing, homework, and skills practice so therapy fits regular routines rather than disrupting them.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Lindsay commonly help with?
She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, panic attacks, substance use, depression, bipolar symptoms, relationship struggles, grief, and sleep problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and open. She uses practical exercises, a strengths focus, and collaborative goal setting.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She has nine years of experience working in clinical settings with adults who have mental health diagnoses and substance use concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, abbreviated LPC, practicing in Missouri.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost and billing work?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; exact cost varies with location and therapist availability.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.