Penny Clodfelter , LCSW, LSCSW

Penny Clodfelter is a licensed clinical social worker who helps women facing difficult life challenges. She brings 35 years of experience and a steady, practical approach. Penny aims to make starting therapy easier for people who feel unsure or overwhelmed.

Clients meet someone who listens and responds without judgment. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on small, useful steps that can change daily life. Conversations cover feelings, behaviors, relationships, and coping skills in clear, everyday language.

Penny draws on methods that help people rethink unhelpful thoughts and build better habits. She also uses motivational interviewing to support change and solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals. Mindfulness practices are introduced when they suit a person’s needs and comfort level.

Her work includes helping people cope with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, and anger. Penny also supports concerns around intimacy, eating, self-esteem, and parenting stress. She addresses attachment, abandonment, blended family issues, caregiving strain, and communication or control problems.

Penny is licensed in Missouri and Kansas as an LCSW and an LSCSW. She offers sessions in English and provides flexible session formats to fit different schedules. If someone is ready to begin, Penny guides them through the first steps and helps plan a practical path forward.

Approaches and online care that fit your life

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going. Penny uses CBT to help people test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits that reduce anxiety, depression, and relationship stress. Motivational interviewing focuses on a person's own reasons for change. It’s a supportive way to strengthen motivation for quitting addictive behaviors or making other life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Penny listens to a person's goals, concerns, and preferences and then suggests methods to try together. She checks in and adjusts the plan so therapy stays practical and relevant to daily life.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work when bandwidth is low or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let someone send updates between sessions or choose a shorter, written way to connect. These formats aim to make therapy easier to fit into work, parenting, or caregiving schedules while keeping the focus on useful, goal-driven work.