- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Attachment issues
About Grace
Grace Sterling-Odom is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 27 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, grief, and depression. Grace also addresses eating concerns, parenting strain, self-esteem, career questions, and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. She invites people to talk through what’s happening, name the emotions involved, and try small changes that can feel manageable. Sessions focus on skill-building for coping, clearer communication, and decision-making when life feels chaotic.
Grace pays attention to underlying patterns like attachment issues and body image concerns. She helps people who struggle with guilt and shame, forgiveness, infidelity, or impulsivity to understand how those feelings affect choices and relationships. She also has experience with obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, phobias, and postpartum depression.
Over her career she has supported people dealing with career transitions, veteran and armed forces issues, and compassion fatigue. Work may include addressing grief after loss and sorting through the practical steps of separation or divorce.
Sessions are conducted in English. International clients are accepted. Before booking, clients are invited to confirm current session options and scheduling details through the site process.
How Grace Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Grace works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practical steps. One common approach she uses helps people learn coping skills for anxiety and panic - breathing practice, grounding steps, and brief behavior changes to reduce intense moments. This approach is useful for panic attacks, phobias, and high stress.Another strand of work targets mood and compulsive patterns by helping people notice thought and behavior cycles. Sessions can include tracking triggers, testing small changes, and building routines that reduce impulsivity and obsessive thinking. This helps with depression, OCD patterns, and mood disorders over time.
Finding the right way to work together is part of therapy. She will collaborate with each person to choose which techniques to try based on needs, goals, and preferences. The plan can shift as progress and priorities change.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because formats were not specified in the biography. Ask about the available options and how they fit your schedule. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy can be more consistent with everyday life.
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Experience
27+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, grief, depression, eating concerns, parenting strain, and related mood conditions.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She helps people name and track those feelings, see how they influence behavior, and practice small, manageable changes to respond differently.
What is her professional background?
She has 27 years of experience working with adults on a range of concerns including mood disorders, panic, and obsessive patterns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC licensed in New Jersey and practices with that credential in that state.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm any location-specific details before scheduling.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the platform.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.