Gary Grant, LMHC

Gary Grant is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with fifty years of experience in education, probation work, and mental health services. He draws on a long career to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem. Gary works in English and is licensed in Washington. He began with client-centered ideas inspired by Carl Rogers and later adopted an integrated approach that leans on clients' strengths. Sessions often focus on building resilience, improving emotion regulation, and addressing trauma-related symptoms. He also uses cognitive methods to help people change unhelpful thinking patterns and practical habits. Gary has a multi- and cross-cultural perspective shaped by Native American and African heritage and long periods living and working in tribal and rural settings. That background informs how he talks about identity, cultural stressors, and community connections. He has experience supporting LGBT people and addressing gender dysphoria concerns. His clinical work has included mindfulness-based group training for emotional regulation, work with people coping with bipolar disorder and anger, and time collaborating with psychiatric teams around serious mental illness. He has also worked in residential settings with adolescents using individual, group, and family-focused methods. Gary's education includes degrees in psychology, counseling, and fine arts, plus study in hypnotherapy and extended clinical psychology coursework. He aims for straightforward sessions that help people manage life changes, addiction concerns, grief, relationship strain, and parenting stress.