Penni Fontenot

Penni Fontenot is a Louisiana licensed clinical social worker with 10 years of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and difficulties with attention and focus. Penni aims to meet people where they are and help them find the strengths they already have.

She frames each session as a collaborative process where the client’s experience leads the way. Penni uses practical conversation and gentle prompts to help people uncover their own answers. She emphasizes short-term skills as well as deeper reflection, depending on what the person needs.

Many people seek her support for issues that come up around relationships and separation. Her additional focus areas include abandonment, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, narcissism, and post-traumatic stress. She helps people sort through feelings and make decisions that feel clearer.

Penni aims for straightforward, calm sessions that balance listening with action. She helps clients name problems, try new behaviors, and track small changes over time. Her approach is respectful and paced to the person’s readiness.

To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability. That starting step helps connect practical goals to the work they’ll do together.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Penni uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on helping clients learn practical skills and make clearer decisions. One common approach she applies is problem-focused work that helps people identify specific patterns, try small changes, and track progress over time. This style is useful for stress, anxiety, and attention or focus concerns.

She also emphasizes grief-informed support that helps people name difficult emotions, tolerate painful memories, and find ways to remember while moving forward. That approach can be helpful after loss and during major life changes such as separation. Each approach is explained in simple terms and tailored to what the client needs.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those goals. If something isn’t working, they adjust the plan together until it feels useful.

Confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into workdays, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people join from quieter surroundings or avoid needing to be on camera when that helps them engage more comfortably.