Grace is a Licensed Professional Counselor who sees clients aged 18-100 at the Pine Rest Portage Clinic. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville and her Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling Capella University.
Grace specializes in depression and anxiety, trauma, and couples counseling, as well as issues related to grief and loss. Grace enjoys working with adults of all ages but especially older adults. Grace combines psychotherapy approaches from Gestalt Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Alan Wolfelt’s Companioning Model of Grief Care, and the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy, to best meet her clients’ unique needs. Her work with clients is experiential, creative, action-oriented, holistic, and relational.
Grace believes in promoting awareness and creating a safe place for individuals to grow in personal wholeness in the context of the therapeutic relationship. She supports her clients to build a more rich, meaningful life despite their challenges, empowering them to live with a greater sense of freedom and to show up more fully in relationships with self and others.
