Grace Szeja

Grace Szeja is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, parenting strain, mood disorders, and the fallout from trauma. She welcomes conversations about identity, including LGBTQ concerns, and supports young adults navigating life transitions. Grace uses a kind, down-to-earth approach so people can take small, useful steps forward.

Grace brings ten years of clinical social work experience and a background in hospital care to her practice. She emphasizes meeting people with compassion and respect, and she often pairs talking therapy with creative activities drawn from her fine arts background. Her past work as a comic illustrator and artist informs how she uses drawing, painting, clay, sand tray, and journaling in sessions.

Her clinical work draws on client-centered principles, mindfulness ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches. That mix is used to help people spot unhelpful thought patterns, build stronger coping skills, and make practical changes in daily life. Attachment-based ideas also guide conversations about relationships and family of origin concerns.

Sessions often include hands-on activities alongside talk therapy to help people express feelings they find hard to name. Grace frames therapy as a collaborative process where goals come from what the person wants to change or understand. She encourages experimenting with small habits and creative exercises between sessions.

Outside of clinical work, she enjoys gardening, running, hiking, and time with her pets. Grace uses she/her pronouns and brings a gentle, patient style to the work of helping people reclaim a sense of joy and purpose.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Grace uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice thoughts, bodily sensations, and emotions without harsh self-judgment; this can reduce reactivity and build steady coping for anxiety and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy informs conversations about close relationships, family of origin issues, and patterns of connection and distance. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s goals and experience at the center, creating space for their values and choices to guide each session.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. Grace will ask about what feels most useful and try different techniques to see what helps. Together the person and therapist adapt methods to current needs, whether the focus is emotion regulation, relationship patterns, or creative exploration.

The biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let creative exercises be done with simple home supplies between meetings. Working online can make it simpler to maintain momentum between sessions and to try new habits in everyday life while getting support from a licensed professional.