About Giovanna
Giovanna Pennick is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage anxiety and everyday stress. She offers steady support and practical steps for parents and adults who feel overwhelmed by life changes or relationship strain. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at making small changes that add up.
She listens first to understand what matters to each person. Sessions focus on clear goals and skills you can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Giovanna draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to shape sessions around the person in front of her. That means conversations follow your pace and priorities, not a preset script.
Mindfulness exercises and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy appear when people need tools for strong emotions and stress regulation. Giovanna has four years of professional experience as an LPC in Texas. She has worked with issues such as grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
Additional focus areas include blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and social anxiety. In practical terms sessions can include skill-building, problem-solving, and rehearsal of new ways to communicate. The aim is to leave each meeting with at least one concrete step to try between sessions.
Giovanna frames therapy as a collaborative process toward greater stability and wellbeing.
Approaches that translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the person's lead and creating a supportive space for their concerns. In practice online this means sessions start where the person is and grow from their priorities and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and testing small changes. It works well for anxiety, depression, and stress because it gives concrete skills to practice between sessions.Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and try methods that fit their situation. If one tool doesn't help, sessions can shift to other techniques until a useful mix is found.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler for quick check-ins. Live chat or text-based messaging supports short updates, coaching-style notes, or regular check-ins between appointments. These options let people pick what works best for their schedule and comfort while still focusing on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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