Katherine Pennington, LCSW, LICSW
About me
As a licensed therapist in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee, I bring 14 years of dedicated experience supporting individuals through complex life challenges. My practice centers on helping clients navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, and significant life transitions with compassion and a deep sense of humanness.
While I work with a wide range of concerns, my primary areas of specialization include trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and trauma-related symptoms. Many clients are surprised to learn how much past trauma can influence everyday functioning. It’s common for individuals to begin therapy for issues such as anxiety, relationship strain, or life stress, and later discover that unresolved trauma plays a meaningful role in what they’re experiencing. When this happens, we address those deeper layers together at a pace that feels safe and manageable.
I strive to offer a supportive, grounding, and nonjudgmental environment where clients can openly explore their emotional struggles, develop healthier coping strategies, and move toward meaningful healing. My goal is to empower individuals to work through obstacles, rebuild their sense of self, and create lasting, positive change in their lives.
I am committed to providing thoughtful, individualized care that honors each person’s unique story, personal values, and lived experience. My approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and tailored to your specific needs, ensuring that you feel understood, supported, and equipped as you move forward on your healing journey.
Professional experience
Additional areas of focus: Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Family of origin issues, Family problems, First responder issues, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues
License information
KY LCSW 5138
AL LICSW 5805C
TN LCSW 7940