Dr. Penny Brower , LCPC

Dr. Penny Brower brings 34 years of clinical experience to her work, helping individuals and couples develop greater intentionality and responsiveness in their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. She holds the LCPC credential, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and earned her doctoral degree from The University of Iowa. Her career began with in-home therapy for complex, multi-problem families and has included roles in Community Mental Health Centers and private practice settings. She also spent eight years working with the Air National Guard, where she helped launch a program focused on reducing suicide risk, fostering resilience, and reducing stigma around using mental health services to improve functioning.

Dr. Brower approaches people as unique rather than fitting them into a single diagnostic box, preferring to explore the situations and conditions that affect when painful emotions intensify or lift. She helps clients examine decision-making patterns and life events that have led them to their current challenges, and she supports them in building practical skills and identifying resources to move forward. Her work aims to empower clients to choose more adaptive, meaningful ways of living so they can better navigate stress, relationships, trauma, addiction, grief, identity concerns, and other life transitions.

Because fit between therapist and client matters, Dr. Brower welcomes feedback about what is and is not helpful so that interventions can be adjusted to achieve better outcomes. She draws on evidence-informed methods to tailor an approach that respects each person’s individuality and goals.