Intern Therapist
Accepting Clients Ages 5 & Up
Pro Bono Services Available
Penelope Doremus is a mental health counseling intern who believes meaningful change begins with understanding the whole person: their experiences, relationships, emotions, patterns, and physical well-being.
She creates a warm, collaborative environment where clients can explore what may be happening beneath the surface, develop practical tools for change, and move toward a life that feels healthier, more connected, and more like their own.
Penelope works with children, adolescents, and adults and is particularly interested in trauma and attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, relationship patterns, and major life transitions. Her approach recognizes that early experiences can continue to shape our sense of safety, identity, relationships, and the ways we respond to the world around us.
Penelope works with children ages 5+, adolescents, adults, and couples, with particular interests in:
She is particularly attentive to clients seeking a holistic lens that includes both emotional wellbeing and lifestyle influences.
Penelope’s approach is collaborative, integrative, and grounded in understanding each client’s individual experiences and needs. Her training includes:
Trauma-focused work that can help clients process distressing experiences and memories.
Exploring emotional experiences, attachment needs, and relationship patterns.
Understanding the different internal parts, patterns, and experiences that influence how we respond.
Developmentally appropriate approaches that give children additional ways to communicate, process experiences, and build skills.
Exploring connections among thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and patterns.
Understanding how early relationships and experiences may continue to shape connection, safety, and identity.
Building awareness of emotions, physical responses, and the mind-body connection.
As an intern therapist, Penelope provides counseling services under clinical supervision.
Penelope also brings a unique whole-person perspective to her work through her background in integrative and functional nutrition. She is particularly interested in the connection between mental and physical well-being and in helping people look beyond individual symptoms to better understand the many factors that may influence how they feel.
Functional Nutrition services at Daybreak are offered separately from mental health counseling and take a personalized approach to exploring nutrition, lifestyle, health history, and whole-person wellness.
Outside of work, Penelope enjoys spending time with her family, reading, playing the piano, and writing.