Jo Ellen Clark, LCSW

Jo Ellen Clark is a California-licensed clinical social worker with 10 years of professional experience who supports individuals and families through difficult life transitions. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), she combines practical skills and compassionate presence to help clients address stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflicts, grief, and coping with loss.

Her years of work in a medical setting included more than six years in a local trauma center on the Acute Rehab Unit, where she assisted individuals and families facing acute crisis and sudden life changes. Those situations often involved shifts in income, living arrangements, support systems, and altered physical functioning, and Jo Ellen helped clients process the emotional impact, including depression, anxiety, and relationship strain. That experience involved working with people of all ages and backgrounds and informed her use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, systems-informed thinking, cultural competency with the client as expert, and an individualized, client-centered approach.

Jo Ellen currently serves as a hospice social worker, supporting patients and families through end of life challenges, loss, grief, and the journey toward acceptance. Her work in hospice emphasizes compassion, empathy, advocacy, and careful listening, meeting each person and family where they are and helping to establish goals for client-focused work.

Across settings, Jo Ellen applies the skills she has developed to address life questions, barriers to goals, and trauma. Her approach is grounded in nonjudgmental support, open communication, and collaboration, with the aim of empowering clients to pursue a more fulfilling and balanced life.