Licensed clinical social worker recordLouisiana
Penni Fontenot, LCSW
Louisiana
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anxiety and Grief
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in Louisiana
- LCSW, licence 12209
- NPI
- 1427597871
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Louisiana
These details come from information Penni supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.
AAbout
- Stress management
- Grief support
- Attention and focus
About Penni
Penni Fontenot is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Louisiana with 10 years of professional experience. She works with people experiencing stress, anxiety, grief and loss, low self-esteem, depression, and difficulties with focus and attention. Penni frames clients as experts on their own lives and aims to guide them toward practical solutions.
Penni focuses on straightforward work that helps people notice strengths and use them. She talks through coping strategies for anxiety and stress. She supports people handling grief, motivation problems, and the daily impact of depression. She also addresses attention and focus concerns linked to ADHD symptoms.
The therapist helps people untangle relationship patterns like codependency, communication problems, abandonment issues, and guilt or shame. She also assists people navigating divorce and separation and those dealing with the aftermath of traumatic experiences. Her approach is rooted in evidence-based therapeutic techniques and practical conversation.
Penni emphasizes collaboration. She listens for what already works and outlines small, manageable steps clients can try between sessions. Sessions aim to boost confidence, improve focus, and reduce emotional overwhelm through clear, actionable strategies.
People who prefer direct talk and concrete tools may find this approach helpful. Penni uses her social work background to consider how work, family, and community pressures affect daily life. She offers services in English and practices in Louisiana.
BHow sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Penni works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and problem solving. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. This helps people develop steadier moods and clearer daily routines.Another approach centers on grief and loss support that combines straightforward listening with tasks that help process emotions and rebuild routines. That work usually involves naming feelings, tracking grief triggers, and trying small behavioral experiments to restore functioning.
Choosing the right method is part of the work together. Penni will review a client’s goals, symptoms, and life demands and then recommend approaches to try. She treats the process as collaborative and adjusts plans based on how things go in early sessions.
The biography does not list which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, and check in during a shorter break. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, while video sessions allow more visual cues during conversation. Licensed professionals commonly use these formats to help people find practical ways to manage stress, grief, attention, and everyday emotional strain.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Louisiana
Languages
English
DQuestions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
Penni works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD-related focus concerns. She also addresses issues like abandonment, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, narcissism, and post-traumatic stress.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a collaborative style. The focus is on identifying strengths, practical coping strategies, and manageable steps to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional work experience in the field.
Is she licensed to practice in Louisiana?
Yes. Penni is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Louisiana.
In what languages can I work with her?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What are the session formats?
Session formats are not specified in the biography. Confirm current session options before booking to know whether sessions are in person, by phone, or by video.
How does billing and getting started work?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988. More crisis numbers