About Joanne
Dr. Joanne Hadlock is a clinical psychologist with more than 35 years of practice. She holds an MA and is licensed as a psychologist in Massachusetts.
Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and ADHD. Her style is straightforward and flexible. She adapts sessions to what each person needs and uses practical tools alongside conversational exploration.
Clients can expect a respectful, accepting manner that aims to build trust and clarify goals.
Background and approach
In sessions she blends talk-based work with skills practice. That can include mindfulness exercises, cognitive strategies to shift unhelpful thoughts, and tools for managing strong emotions. She also supports people making career changes and those coping with life transitions.
Dr. Hadlock brings experience from university clinics, corporate counseling, and independent practice. She has worked with adults across many stages of life and with concerns related to adoption, caregiving, and blended families.
When someone reaches out she begins by listening to the immediate problem and the goals they want to reach. From there she and the client map out a plan that balances insight with concrete steps. The result is therapy aimed at clearer choices, calmer reactions, and better day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches in online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to depression, anxiety, and anger. It includes practical exercises and behavior experiments to test new ways of responding. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and calmness skills that can reduce reactivity and improve focus, which many people find helpful when managing stress or ADHD-related distractibility.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and suggest methods that fit your needs and preferences. Treatment is collaborative, and techniques can be adjusted over time based on what is helping most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break during the day or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, coached exercises, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite busy schedules or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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