Grace Turner, LPC Associate

Life often consists of choices, questions, decisions, challenges, progress, and achievement. While it would be ideal to travel through life without the need of any assistance, sometimes the complexity we find ourselves facing can be challenging in an emotional, physical, and/or mental sense. If you decide to join Therapy Austin, my goal is to assist you in your journey of life, whether that be to uncover unknown strengths, work through hardships, make steps towards short-term or long-term goals, or to simply understand yourself and the world around you. I aim to make you feel safe, supported, and comfortable during your therapy journey, with the goal of forming a collaborative therapeutic relationship. 

My modalities of therapy reflect the idea that you have the freedom and responsibility to control your life and make the choices necessary to discover your authentic self. Understanding your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in both a past and present sense is beneficial when working towards your future self. We as humans are complex and individualized, with many working parts that come together to make us whole. Looking at these parts can help us reach a greater level of self-awareness. The lenses of these modalities have proven to be beneficial towards people experiencing anxiety or depressive-like symptoms, stress, trauma, or the desire to grow and explore one’s identity. Always remember that you are the expert of your mind, in both therapy and life. Your comfortability is of high importance to me, meaning I will bring presence, empathy, and open-mindedness during our sessions. 

A little bit about me! I was born and raised in wonderful Ohio, where we say ‘pop’ instead of ‘soda’ and ‘ope’ instead of ‘excuse me’! I went to a small private college by the name of Heidelberg University, located in Tiffin, Ohio, where I played softball and received my Bachelor of Science in both Psychology and Criminology. I then ventured out of state and landed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in which I went to Millersville University and received my Master of Science in Clinical Psychology. I decided 25 years up north was enough for me, and found myself in the great state of Texas, where I received licensure and began my life-long dream of practicing therapy! When I’m not in office I enjoy working out, watching softball, reading, painting, adventuring, and obsessing over the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh! Oh, and I have an orange cat named Turkey. If you’ve read this far and are interested in building a collaborative therapeutic relationship, feel free to reach out to me at grace.turner@therapyaustin.com or 512-201-4501 Ext 387. I can’t wait to hear from you!