Tania Gracia

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than 25 years of experience helping adults and families navigate emotional challenges, stressful circumstances, and significant life changes. I earned my Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University and my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Florida Atlantic University.

I work with adults experiencing anxiety, stress, burnout, caregiver stress, life transitions, grief and loss, self-esteem concerns, and difficulty establishing healthy boundaries. I especially enjoy helping people who are accustomed to taking care of everyone else but may be feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or uncertain about what comes next.

My approach is warm, collaborative, practical, and nonjudgmental. I believe therapy should provide a safe space to understand what you're experiencing while also giving you practical tools that can be applied to everyday life. Together, we can identify patterns that may be contributing to your stress, strengthen your coping skills, develop healthier boundaries, and work toward greater confidence and balance.

Whether you're facing a specific challenge or simply know that something needs to change, you don't have to navigate it alone. I would be honored to support you as you work toward feeling more grounded, confident, and in control of your life.

I provide services in both English and Spanish.

My approach to therapy is warm, collaborative, practical, and individualized. I believe therapy should be a space where you can be honest about what you are experiencing without feeling judged, while also developing practical tools to help you manage challenges in your everyday life.

I take a person-centered and trauma-informed approach and draw from evidence-based strategies, including cognitive behavioral and strengths-based interventions, based on each client's needs and goals. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, I work with you to understand the thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, and circumstances contributing to your current concerns.

I often work with adults experiencing anxiety, stress, burnout, caregiver stress, life transitions, grief and loss, self-esteem concerns, and difficulty setting healthy boundaries. I especially enjoy helping clients who feel overwhelmed by competing responsibilities or who have spent so much time caring for others that they have lost sight of their own needs.

Our work may include identifying unhelpful thought patterns, developing healthier coping strategies, strengthening communication and boundaries, improving self-confidence, and identifying realistic changes that align with your values.

My goal is for you to leave therapy with greater insight, but also with practical skills you can use between sessions. We will work at a pace that feels appropriate for you while focusing on meaningful and sustainable change.

During our first session, my goal is to create a comfortable, welcoming, and nonjudgmental environment where you can begin to share what brought you to therapy and what you would like to be different.

We will talk about your current concerns, what has been happening in your life, and the areas where you feel you need the most support. I will also learn about your strengths, coping strategies, relationships, and the circumstances that may be contributing to what you are experiencing.

Together, we will identify your initial goals for therapy and begin developing a plan that is realistic and meaningful to you. Depending on your needs, we may also begin discussing practical strategies you can use between sessions to manage anxiety, stress, overwhelm, or other immediate concerns.

You do not need to have everything figured out before your first appointment. You can simply come as you are. My role is to listen, help you make sense of what you're experiencing, and work collaboratively with you to determine where we go from there.

By the end of the first session, my hope is that you feel heard, understood, and more clear about the next steps in your therapeutic process.