Gaining Grace LLC

04/02/2026

Now accepting new clients for the spring/summer season. 🌷☀️

04/02/2026

Our feelings are always valid and we must practice self compassion and choose a self care activity to move through them.

04/02/2026

03/28/2026

If your partner isn’t your biggest hype man it’s a clear sign that something needs to be worked on in the relationship.

03/26/2026

March is National Women’s History Month to celebrate contributions women have made in our society and in our history. As a part of that I figured I’d share a little bit about my story into how I became a private practice therapist.​​​​​​​​
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I made the decision to go back to school at age 23 to obtain a Bachelor’s in English after originally dropping out due to suffering from a wicked he**in addiction. Once I received a Bachelor’s I realized there were no real job opportunities for me there and became kinda depressed still waiting tables, still smelling like seafood and with a college education.​​​​​​​​
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It seemed like the Universe was telling me that my past served a bigger purpose and could really be used to help people. When I made the decision to go to grad school, the manager at my restaurant I worked at said, “Good luck with that.” A few months into grad school, a job opportunity presented itself in the addiction field. It seemed only right to jump on the opportunity and when I handed in my resignation to that restaurant a different manager said, “You’ll never make as much money as you do here.”​​​​​​​​
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I graduated with my masters, became a dually licensed therapist and worked my way up to the top of addiction agencies until I was burnt out. When I was burnt out, missing my kids sports events and talking about private practice people said, “That’s not possible in your thirties.” ​​​​​​​​
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I had to try though ya know. I’ve never been much of a rule follower, never been much for just doing things because we’re supposed too or because somebody said so. ​​​​​​​​
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And thank goodness for that and thank goodness for the women who did it before me.​​​​​​​​
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Life is short, Follow your dreams ♥️✨​​​​​​​​
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03/25/2026

NEW BLOG POST—

Perfectionism can be a manifestation of not feeling good enough. Check out the new blog post to see if it resonates with you! ✨

Telehealth Therapy overachieving lifestyle can come from a core belief of not feeling good enough.Core beliefs are developed in childhood and/or from significant life events. A core belief is an unconscious idea about oneself, others and the world. A core belief can be positive or...

03/25/2026

Living in fight or flight is not good for our emotional, mental AND physical state.

If you are constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop and jumping to worst case scenarios this might be you.

03/18/2026

We can illustrate characteristics of mental health disorders and we might not meet the diagnostic criteria for the mental health disorder.

For example: Being anxious at times does not mean that we have generalized anxiety disorder.

Struggling to be focused does not necessarily mean that we have ADHD.

Feeling sad does not mean that we have major depressive disorder.

We have to meet specific criteria to have these disorders.

There is so much ‘therapy speak’ on social media that has actually caused a lot of confusion and harm in people’s lives.

Please do not use social media for all of your mental health and relationship needs. Please seek a licensed professional.

03/18/2026

How to help a child with anxiety? We bring expert parenting advice on assisting children to escape the cycle of anxiety. Learn what to do and not to do, anxiety treatments, and behavioral modification techniques.

03/18/2026

03/08/2026

Today is International Women’s Day.

What a meaningful day for us women who fought to have the right to vote, fought to be heard, fought to have careers and to be successful while also having the ability to bring new life into this world.

I have been told ‘no’ many times as a woman throughout my career. My practice was originated as a result of being fired twice within a six week span, I was told private practice was never going to work and that I wasn’t good enough to go to grad school.

Thank goodness I didn’t let others opinions define my success and how beautiful now that I get to raise another strong-willed, fierce baby girl to know she can do anything she sets her mind too.

02/27/2026

‼️ Please do not use social media to diagnose yourself ‼️