Grace Chou
Compassionate therapist using practical, evidence-based tools
MD, LCPC Maryland
- Experience
- 21 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
About Grace
Grace Chou is a licensed therapist whose work emphasizes cognitive behavioral therapy alongside mindfulness and client-centered techniques to help people build practical skills for coping and change.
Background and approach
With an MD and an LCPC and 21 years of clinical experience, she focuses on addressing stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self-esteem, career concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. Her practice blends evidence-based strategies with attention to each person's values and cultural background.
Grace creates a welcoming, culturally responsive environment that aims to clarify goals and teach tools for navigating communication problems, workplace pressures, parenting challenges, and life transitions. She also works with issues such as caregiver stress, money and financial worries, social anxiety and phobia, and questions of life purpose and self-love.
Sessions draw on approaches like acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques to help clients identify meaningful steps forward. Based in Maryland, Grace offers services in English and Mandarin and accepts international clients.
Her long experience supports a practical, empathetic style that encourages collaboration and steady progress toward the personal and professional changes clients seek.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Grace commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and to develop concrete skills for managing anxiety, stress, and workplace or relationship challenges. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also part of her practice, offering strategies to clarify personal values and build psychological flexibility when facing difficult emotions or life changes. Client-centered therapy provides a supportive, empathic foundation that emphasizes the client’s own experience and goals in shaping the work.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with clients to explore which methods fit their priorities and adapts interventions over time based on progress, preferences, and evolving goals. That collaborative stance helps tailor sessions so practical tools and personal meaning align.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase accessibility and convenience. These formats allow for flexible scheduling around work, family, and other commitments while maintaining continuity of care over time. Licensed professionals can use these options to provide consistent, approach-driven support regardless of geography.
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Experience
21+ years
Licensed
Maryland
Languages
English, Mandarin