Grace Chou is a licensed clinician with more than 21 years of experience.
01About Grace
Grace Chou is a licensed clinician with more than 21 years of experience. She holds an MD and is an LCPC, and she practices in Maryland. She offers calm, practical guidance for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and career questions.
Her work focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and make steady changes. She uses straightforward tools to address low self-esteem, workplace pressures, parenting stress, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Sessions are delivered with cultural awareness and attention to what matters most to each person. Grace often combines acceptance and mindfulness skills with practical cognitive techniques. This helps clients notice difficult thoughts, reduce their influence, and take steps that match their values.
She also uses client-centered listening and motivational interviewing to support decision-making and build motivation. People come for help with trauma recovery, caregiving burden, communication problems, and money or career concerns. Grace pays attention to multicultural aspects of these issues and to how identity shapes everyday struggles.
She works with young adults and others who are figuring out next steps in life. Her style is collaborative and paced to the individual. In sessions she listens, reflects, and offers concrete strategies to try between meetings.
The aim is clearer choices and more usable coping skills rather than long lists of theory. Grace invites people who want down-to-earth therapy that respects diverse backgrounds. She blends practical skill-building with a steady, compassionate approach to help people move forward.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Maryland)
- License LC1599 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1801474481 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Grace lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Grace names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Grace names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches that translate online
Grace commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take actions that match their values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and stress that gets in the way of living fully. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathetic listening and reflecting what matters to the person, which helps build self-understanding and confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful cycles, making it helpful for anxiety, depression, and workplace problems.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they’ll try methods that fit the person’s life and adjust the plan as needed, combining approaches when that makes sense.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let therapists observe expressions and body language, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief reflections between meetings. These options make scheduling easier around work, caregiving, or studies and let people continue care when travel or distance would make in-person sessions difficult.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship strain, parenting stress, career changes, and workplace issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens closely and offers straightforward strategies to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns including caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and multicultural issues.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds an MD and is an LCPC practicing in Maryland.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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