Mary Jo Greenwood, LCSW

Mary Jo Greenwood is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 21 years of experience helping people manage depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship struggles. She practices in Wyoming and aims to make therapy approachable and practical for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

She uses a trauma-informed lens and focuses on the whole person rather than only symptoms. Sessions emphasize strengths, coping skills, and real changes that help day-to-day life. She adapts plans as needs shift so work in therapy stays relevant.

Her career has spanned psychiatric inpatient care, group homes, crisis centers, outpatient counseling, and child welfare settings. That variety informs her approach to complex issues like addiction, domestic violence, grief, and parenting challenges. She also draws on experience supporting people involved with the VA system.

Mary Jo blends several approaches to meet individual needs, including attachment work, client-centered listening, cognitive-behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and mindfulness practices. She helps people who face chronic health or pain issues, stress from caregiving, or life changes that disrupt routines.

She describes therapy as a collaborative process: she listens, helps people set simple goals, and teaches skills to manage symptoms and improve relationships. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session based on availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Mary Jo commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques in sessions. Client-centered work means the therapist listens closely and follows the person’s lead, creating room for whatever feels most important that day. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on practical skills - noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That can help with intimacy issues, relationship conflict, and patterns that repeat across different relationships. Together, these approaches offer practical tools and space to process difficult experiences in a step-by-step way.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit those aims. If something doesn’t help, adjustments are made so the plan stays useful and realistic.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, for example by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or using phone rather than video when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and communication style so therapy fits personal needs and daily routines.