Meet Jo Hazelton, LPCC

Jo Hazelton

Queer Affirming Therapist & Educator

Jo Hazelton is a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC) who specializes in counseling LGBTQIA+ adults. A community builder and professional educator, Jo works with their clients to strengthen authenticity, deconstruct societal norms, and deepen relationships to self and others. Jo is especially passionate about working with trans folks in any stage of their personal journey.

LGBTQIA+ Therapists for Anxiety and Depression | LGBTQIA+ Therapists for Couples | LGBTQIA+ Therapists for Exploring Sexuality | LGBTQIA+ Therapists for Individuals | LGBTQIA+ Therapists for Polyamory and Open Relationships | LGBTQIA+ Therapists for Trans and Transitioning Individuals

Professional Background & Specialties

Bringing with them a decade’s worth of experience across multiple helping professions, Jo is an expert in people and systems. Their focus areas in counseling include identities, meaning making, relationship building, and existential angst.

A “warm demander”, Jo blends compassion with directness in a unique counseling style with therapeutic approaches rooted in existential philosophy, feminist theory, and psycho-education. They work with both individual clients and relationships including couples, friendships, queer platonic partnerships, and polyamorous folks.

Education & Certifications

Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC)
Master’s of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling – University of Colorado, Denver
Bachelor’s of Arts in Dance Education – University of Central Oklahoma

Additional Training Includes:

Humanistic-Existential Psychotherapy
Feminist Theory
Gender Affirming Psychotherapy
Culturally Competent Care
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Relational Therapy
Group CounselingSolutions Focused Brief Therapy
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Personal Philosophy & Additional Insights

Jo grew up in Oklahoma in a family of educators and artists. An activist from an early age, they were often heard badgering peers and teachers over issues that they were passionate about such as the environment, arts education, and gay rights. This passion followed them into adulthood and led them to become a professional educator and counselor.

As a child who was often silenced for their beliefs, identities, and questioning of authority, Jo holds a deep respect for their client’s voices and wants them to feel like the main character in their own lives. Like ripples on water, Jo believes that a client’s individual understanding of self can go on to affect sustainable change throughout their relationships and community.

In the counseling space, Jo incorporates existential philosophy with feminist theory to examine the whole self through the systems we operate within. Jo maintains a balance of psycho-education and person-centered therapy with the knowledge that counseling work might look different depending on client goals and needs. No matter the client, Jo strives to create a safe and trusting environment that can enable lasting change.

Work With Us

Want to work with folks in the LGBTQIA+ Community?

We appreciate your interest in working with iAmClinic! Our staff is predominately made up of part-time and full-time contract clinical associates. We also hire practicum and intern student clinicians on a rolling basis.

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How We Work

We are passionate about working with the LGBTQIA+ community because it is OUR community – no one should have to teach their therapist about their preferred pronouns or face invasive questions about who and how they love.

At iAmClinic it is our mission to be experts in the field. It is our hope that you feel seen, affirmed and supported in your identities, so that together with your iAmClinic therapist, you are able to make the changes in your life that you are seeking.