About Us

Jo A. Hughes, DSMc, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH

Clinical Director, Managing Partner/Founder of Piedmont Partners for Mental Health, PLLC.

Jo Hughes is a psychiatric certified physician associate (PA) with early career experience in Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry for over 10 years. She provides medication management and assessments for psychiatric disorders including but not limited too; depression, anxiety and panic disorders, bipolar and schizophrenia, PTSD, ADHD, personality disorders, OCD, eating disorders among other conditions of the mind. She also specializes in neurodevelopmental disorders in children, adolescents, and adults and with extensive training and experience in substance use disorders.

Dr. Hughes completed her PA training and Master of Medical Science at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and additionally holds a Doctor of Medical Science in psychiatry from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals. She is a certified PA with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Psychiatry.

Jo and her husband are frequently seen visiting and promoting a non-profit coffee house, A Special Blend, they co-founded employing adults with neurodiversity in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Jane L. Steiner, MD

Dr. Steiner has been practicing psychiatry in different settings (both inpatient and outpatient) with both adults and children for over 40 years. She graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook Medical School,  then trained in Pediatrics and General Psychiatry at Montefiore Hospital in The Bronx, NY (part of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine teaching system), and then completed a Child Psychiatry Fellowship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan (part of the Columbia University teaching system.) Following her training, she worked in New York, then moved to Boston with her husband, and then finally landed in Greensboro, NC, where she has been in outpatient private practice for over 30 years.

She provides medication treatment and psychiatric assessments for psychiatric disorders, especially enjoying treating patients with depression and bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders including generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and PTSD, as well as ADHD in both children and adults.

Dr. Steiner has always considered treatment as a partnership between doctor and patient. She is thrilled to join Piedmont Partners for Mental Health as her philosophy has always been to “tailor treatment together”.

Marian Friedman, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Dawn Paretta-Leahey, RN, MSN, FNP-BC

Katelyn Clowers, “Katie”, LCSW-A

Katie is a mental health therapist with years of experience working with various populations. Katie is a West Virginia native and moved to North Carolina to join her husband following graduation from Concord University. Katie graduated top of her class with both her BSW and MSW, having served as VP of Honor Society throughout undergrad and served as President of Honor Society throughout graduate school. Katie has a striking interest in child-centered play therapy and aspires to become a licensed play therapist in the near future. When away from work, Katie enjoys time with her family and chasing around her three children, 5-year-old (bonus) son, 2.5 year old daughter, and newborn daughter. Katie believes that while she cannot change the world, she can be of influence by helping to heal and navigate children, for they are the future.