Grace Gidley, MA, NCC
Telehealth
Education
School:
Valparaiso University
Degree:
Masters of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Additional Certificates:
National Certified Counselor (NCC)
Grace Gidley is a recent graduate of Valparaiso University, where she received her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and became certified as a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Grace has experience working with families and adolescents in both outpatient and residential settings. She also has six years of experience working with adults with severe mental illness in a nonprofit setting.
Grace utilizes an integrative approach that combines Emotion-Focused Therapy with Dialectical Behavior Therapy and strength-based techniques. Through this approach, she helps clients identify what they are experiencing, recognize their individual strengths, and address unhelpful behaviors. She assists clients in developing skills to better understand and process their emotions while providing tools to promote constructive behaviors.
Issues Treated
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Career Counseling
- Child or Adolescent
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Hoarding
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premariatl
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive
- Oppositional Defiance
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Postpartum
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
Session Types
Telehealth
Family Therapy
Individual Therapy
Couples Counseling
Age Specialties
- older adult
- adult
- adolescent
Types of Therapy
Individuals
Couples
Coaching
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Dialectical (DBT)
Emotionally Focused
Family Systems
Integrative
Interpersonal
Motivational Interviewing
Parent-Child Interaction
Person-Centered
Strength-Based