Grace Szeja, LCSW

Grace Szeja is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues around self-esteem and life changes. She works with concerns such as grief, parenting strain, LGBT questions, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and relationship or family conflict. Grace uses a direct, compassionate style and emphasizes meeting each person where they are.

Grace draws on ten years of clinical social work experience, including hospital-based work with clients from childhood into late life. She brings a practical, down-to-earth approach that avoids jargon. Sessions often focus on learning new coping skills, changing unhelpful thinking, and building stronger emotional awareness.

Her methods include client-centered listening alongside cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior strategies. She also integrates attachment-based ideas and expressive creative art activities such as drawing, sand tray, journaling, and clay when those tools fit a person’s needs. These options are used to help people process feelings and practice healthier patterns.

Grace shares that she began her career in the fine arts, and she uses that background to bring creativity into therapy. She aims to help people who feel stuck reclaim their goals and make choices that reflect their values. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort.

Outside of practice she enjoys gardening, distance running, and hiking, and she cares for cats and rabbits. Grace uses she/her pronouns and works in Florida.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Grace works from client-centered foundations, which means sessions begin with a focus on what matters to the person. This approach emphasizes listening, validating feelings, and shaping goals together so the work fits daily life.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation because it offers concrete skill practice. Dialectical behavior therapy strategies are another part of her work and provide emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that help people manage strong feelings and improve relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the process, and Grace will collaborate with each person to select methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She may blend techniques and creative exercises so therapy feels practical and personally meaningful.

Confirm current online session options before booking, since the biography does not specify formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people choose a setup that suits their focus for the day. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, DBT, and client-centered work effectively across remote sessions when the format is appropriate.