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Grace Chou

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Grace Chou, LCPC

Maryland

Licensed counselor - Stress and parenting

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About

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Parenting support
  • Mindfulness and ACT

About Grace

Grace Chou is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland with 21 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting, grief, trauma and abuse, and career and life transitions. She provides therapy in English and Mandarin and works with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Grace uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage overwhelming thoughts and feelings. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to teach skills for coping with distress and shifting unhelpful thinking. She also uses mindfulness exercises and motivational interviewing to support decision making and steadier emotion regulation.

People come to her for everyday problems at home and work - communication breakdowns, caregiver stress, low self-esteem, and the strain of parenting. She helps clients identify small, doable steps they can take between sessions, and tracks what works so adjustments can be made. Sessions include both listening and active skill practice.

Her background includes long experience working with multicultural concerns, young adult issues, and workplace stress. That experience informs how she discusses money worries, life purpose, and shifting family roles. She pays attention to how culture and family expectations shape choices and emotions.

To start, Grace asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How sessions work

How Grace blends evidence-based methods in online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying personal values and taking steps that matter, which can be useful for parenting decisions, career shifts, and grief. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them, often helping with anxiety, low mood, and workplace stress. Mindfulness Therapy offers short practices to steady attention and reduce reactivity, supporting clearer responses during heated family moments.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day constraints. That means the plan can be adjusted if a technique does not fit or a new priority emerges.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Over time these practical benefits help people add consistent skill practice into ordinary life while the therapist and client track progress together.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Caregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsFamily problemsLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

21+ years

Listed in

Maryland

Languages

English, Mandarin

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, career changes, and related issues listed in her profile.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style mixes practical skills and reflective conversation. She uses CBT, ACT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to shape plans and build coping skills.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 21 years of experience working with adults on issues like workplace stress, young adult transitions, and multicultural concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) licensed in Maryland and practices from that state.

Does she offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

Yes, she accepts international clients; confirm any scheduling details before booking.

How are fees and payments handled?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What do I do to begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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