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Grace Dayian is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with expertise in trauma, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, family-related challenges, shifting dynamics in life, and life transitions, particularly the transition from high school to college. Grace uses a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, psychodynamic therapy, and supportive therapy to help her clients, incorporating lessons from her 20-year yoga practice in her mind-body approach. She sees older teens, young adults, college students, and adults.
Grace has over 15 years of experience working in both inpatient and outpatient treatment settings, and strives to create a non-judgmental and open space in which to help her clients uncover issues that are concerning them and learn skills to manage and even transform them. Prior to private practice, she worked as a clinician at institutions such as Jewish Family Service Counseling Center and Bradley Hospital. She received her MSW from Boston University and her BA from Brown University.
Years of Experience: 27 years
Trauma recovery - Including dealing with past sexual assault, childhood trauma, environmental trauma (e.g. witnessing/experiencing violence), PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)
Family-related challenges - Promoting communication and supporting family members to address challenges and reduce conflict and distress
Transition from high school to college - Working with adolescents and families on the social, academic, and/or emotional challenges that come with the transition to college
Grief and loss - Processing the loss of a loved one, any form of grief; processing the emotional aspects of personal illness or the illness of a loved one
Anxiety - Generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks
Depression - Sleep and energy disruption, overall mood disturbance, inability to enjoy yourself, and difficulty being motivated, amongst many other symptoms
Shifting dynamics in life - Coping with difficult or impactful life changes, such as moving to a new area, relationship transitions, child rearing, or career changes; learning self-care to better manage resulting stress
Adoption and foster care - Sees clients across the stages of adoption, including pre-adoption and years after adoption; supporting parents going through through the child welfare system or international adoption agencies; working with children who are in foster care or who are preparing to be adopted
Anger management - Managing anger and its impact on personal and work relationships
Parenting - Helping parents with their own issues within the context of supporting children
Personality disorders - Enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience; includes narcissistic, dependent, and borderline personality disorders
Self-harm - Injuring of body tissue without suicidal intentions, including but not limited to cutting, burning, scratching, and hitting
This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:
Sliding scale: A limited number of lower fee sessions are available to clients who need a reduced fee to receive therapy.