Joanna "Jo" Hadley, LCSW

Joanna "Jo" Hadley is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people managing stress, anxiety, grief, self esteem, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She supports people facing parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, life changes, and issues related to sexuality and LGBT identity. Jo works with adults navigating depression, chronic illness, adoption or foster care questions, and end-of-life concerns. Jo brings eight years of current clinical experience and a long history in social work. She spent six years as a dialysis social worker and has worked with people connected to foster care, adoption, and teen parenting. Jo is also a certified grief educator, and she draws on that background when grief and loss are part of the concern. Her style is respectful and practical. Jo listens first, and then she helps shape a plan that fits each person’s situation. Conversations are tailored to the goals a person brings to therapy, whether that means learning coping skills, addressing self esteem, or managing day-to-day stress. Jo uses approaches that include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and elements of dialectical behavior therapy. She mixes these methods to help people change unhelpful patterns, manage intense emotions, and build more satisfying relationships. Jo offers care from Montana and speaks English. She emphasizes empowerment and small, steady steps toward a more fulfilling life, and she aims to meet each person with sensitivity and compassion.