Grateful Heart At A Glance

 

Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center offers affordable and caring therapy for clients residing in California. Our clinicians are available for in-person and telehealth sessions, which gives you the flexibility to choose what is right for you.

 

 

Psychotherapy is a healing modality that gives us an opportunity to explore the impact of our experiences on our current states of being, become aware of our emotions, gain insights into our patterns, discern what is no longer serving us, and learn tools that serve our growth. Therapy is practiced in a variety of ways, but at the center of a successful therapeutic relationship is the  resonance and trust between clinician and client. Grateful Heart clinicians practice many orientations, and are skilled in working with a variety of issues and mental health challenges. Regardless of orientation and focus, all Grateful Heart clinicians strive to create a therapeutic environment that regards you as a whole and complex being who is inherently valuable, and deserving of respect, empathy, honesty, care and thoughtfulness.

With a commitment to affordability, and a multi-cultural corps of eclectically-trained clinicians, Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center is uniquely poised to meet the needs of our community. For more information on our individual clinicians and their offerings, please visit our therapist directory.

Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center offers:

• Therapeutic services for individuals, children, youth, families, and partners.
• Internships and employment opportunities for clinicians on the track to obtain licenses as Marriage Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers and Professional Clinical Counselors.

 

Our History

Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center was founded as a non-profit organization in 2006 by Mary Owen, a licensed Marriage Family Therapist and adjunct professor and clinical supervisor at JFK University and clinical supervisor at California Institute of Integral Studies. Mary created Grateful Heart to provide opportunities for therapists in training to prepare for licensure and begin their own private practices. More than 200 clinicians have participated in Grateful Heart’s program, successfully launching their practices as Marriage Family Therapists (MFTs), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs), or Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCCs).

 

Our Mission

At Grateful Heart we believe that psychological well-being is intimately tied to the health and sustainability of our families, communities, and world. We are dedicated to offering financially accessible counseling services that integrate a variety of psychotherapy approaches and providing a training program for pre-licensed clinicians on the track to obtain licenses as Marriage Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers and Professional Clinical Counselors. Grateful Heart places particular emphasis on addressing the barriers to care and licensure faced by individuals from historically excluded groups, and strives to ensure sustainability for all who pass through our doors.