Joanna "Jo" Hadley, LCSW

Joanna "Jo" Hadley is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Montana who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy questions, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and life changes. Jo works with LGBTQ clients and people touched by adoption and foster care concerns.

Jo brings eight years of recent clinical experience and a longer history in social work to each conversation. She spent six years as a dialysis social worker and has worked with teen parents and adopted or fostered youth. Jo is also a certified grief educator and often helps people process loss and end-of-life transitions.

In sessions she favors straightforward, collaborative work. Jo uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to examine thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She blends that with client-centered listening to tailor sessions to what every person needs in the moment.

Jo also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotion regulation or intense distress makes daily life hard. She teaches practical coping tools for managing strong feelings, improving communication, and reducing overwhelm.

People who meet with Jo can expect a respectful, down-to-earth approach. She focuses on building small, usable changes rather than quick fixes. Her aim is to support clients as they set goals, practice new skills, and find clearer direction in life.

Approaches and online therapy options that fit your life

Jo often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to each person. When strong emotions or intense reactions are present, she applies Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jo will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, then try methods that match those needs. She sees therapy as a team effort where choices about techniques are revisited as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can fit therapy into busy schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options aim to make consistent care more practical and flexible for daily life.