Pensacola, FL
J. Montano, Jr., LCSW, PhD | Dr. Joe Montano has been a licensed psychotherapist for nearly 30 years and is a Master Certified Accelerated Resolution Therapy Practitioner and Trainer. Through the years, he’s cultivated a person-centered approach to therapy and teaching that people say feels conversational in nature. He listens and asks questions that help guide people to a deeper understanding of themselves and of the topics being discussed. As a teacher, he’s been described as an “…excellent communicator who is quite capable of calibrating his presentation to the audience at hand. Further, he functions with a level of integrity that immediately engenders a sense of credibility and confidence.” Dr. Montano received both his Basic training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy in 2018, as well as his Advance Training in 2025, from ART Founder, Laney Rosenzweig. His experience in – and passion for – ART is broad and deep. He’s facilitated countless ART sessions, served as an assistant in numerous ART trainings, and became a Certified ART Trainer earlier this year. Dr. Montano holds a BSW and MSW from Florida State University; a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Sunderland; and completed post-graduate studies at Harvard University.
