Jo Ellen Clark

Jo Ellen Clark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California (CA LCSW 106161) with ten years of professional experience. She works with people managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflicts, and challenges related to grief and loss. She aims to create an open, safe, and nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared.

She spent over six years as a social worker in a local trauma center’s Acute Rehab Unit (ARU), supporting individuals and families in acute crisis. During that time she assisted people facing immediate life changes that affected income, living arrangements, supportive relationships, and possible short- or long-term alterations in physical ability. Addressing depression, anxiety, and interpersonal issues was part of the process of working through those life-altering events.

Throughout her medical social work experience she worked with clients of all ages and from a wide range of socioeconomic, educational, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Systems Theory, and cultural competency principles that treat the client as the expert. Her method is individualized and client-focused to help people move toward their goals.

She now works as a hospice social worker, helping individuals and families face end-of-life challenges, loss, grief, and the possibility of acceptance. Compassion, empathy, advocacy, and attentive listening are key elements of her practice as she meets clients and families where they are, assesses needs, and establishes client-centered goals.

The skills developed across medical, rehabilitation, and hospice settings transfer to other areas of her work - whether addressing life questions, removing roadblocks to goals, or processing trauma. Her approach emphasizes companion, nonjudgment, support, and open communication.