Jo Ellen Clark, LCSW

Jo Ellen Clark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, grief and loss, parenting and self-esteem concerns, career matters, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and other life changes. Her approach centers on creating an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be expressed and explored, and she emphasizes support and empowerment as clients take steps toward a more fulfilling life.

Her background includes more than six years working in a local trauma center on the Acute Rehab Unit, where she assisted individuals and families facing acute crises and sudden life changes. That work involved addressing impacts on income, housing, support networks and altered physical abilities, while helping people process depression, anxiety and shifting interpersonal dynamics. In that setting she used cognitive behavioral techniques, systems thinking and culturally responsive practice, treating the client as the expert and tailoring work to each person’s goals.

Jo Ellen now practices as a hospice social worker, helping people and families navigate end-of-life challenges, grief and acceptance with compassion, empathy, advocacy and attentive listening. She brings lessons from both medical and hospice settings into all her work, meeting clients where they are, assessing needs and setting client-focused goals. Whether addressing practical roadblocks, life transitions or trauma, her style is compassionate, nonjudgmental and collaborative, with an emphasis on clear communication and practical steps toward change.