Lee Penn, PhD

About Lee

Dr. Penn earned his PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park. He completed his doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship training in geropsychology, and in addition to teaching in the PsyD program within the SOPP, maintains a clinical practice in community nursing home facilities. He is passionate about working with students interested in adult and elderly populations with an emphasis in Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, and Rehabilitation Psychology. His research interests include fostering coping strategies for older individuals, navigating career adjustment difficulties, and the marriage of the two as well as program development and evaluation. He has published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology and the Journal of Career Assessment, and in his free time he enjoys writing self-help books including the newly released Golden rules of retirement. He is licensed to provide psychotherapy in Kentucky and Indiana.