Joanna "Jo" Hadley

Joanna "Jo" Hadley is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Montana who helps people facing grief, stress, anxiety, and major life transitions. She supports those struggling with self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting questions, and compassion fatigue. Jo also works with people dealing with chronic illness, aging issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and hospice and end-of-life counseling.

Jo brings eight years of recent clinical experience along with a longer career in social work. She spent six years as a dialysis social worker and has worked with foster and adoptive families, teen parents, and LGBTQ individuals. She is a certified grief educator and often helps people talk through loss, motivation, and shifting roles.

Her approach adapts to each person. Jo uses client-centered methods to make room for what matters to the individual. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills for managing strong emotions and building coping strategies.

Sessions are collaborative and focused on practical steps people can try between meetings. Jo aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where goals and pacing are set together. She emphasizes skills people can use in everyday life to manage anxiety, grief, and relationship strain.

People come to Jo for support with life purpose, self-love, sexuality, and women’s issues as well as depression and coping with change. Her Montana practice reflects a mix of clinical experience and hands-on work supporting people through difficult transitions.

How Jo Uses Therapeutic Tools Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and clarifies goals for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and offers concrete techniques to shift unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for handling strong feelings and conflicts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jo will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences. That exploration can start in the first few sessions and change over time as goals evolve.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats Jo offers before booking. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering sessions that match your day-to-day rhythm. Licensed professionals can use these methods effectively, and Jo will help adapt CBT, DBT, or client-centered practices to work in whatever session structure is available to you.