Grace Higa
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
I help adults throughout New York and Massachusetts overcome issues with Anxiety/Perfectionism, OCD, Childhood Trauma, Attachment Insecurity, East Asian Identity, Adult Child Estrangement, and Borderline Personality Disorder.
My therapy style is informed by Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Exposure Response Prevention, & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
REACH OUT TO GRACE HIGA, LCSW
Are you a new client? Please feel free to contact me or self-schedule below.
Understanding yourself with compassion and learning new ways of being in the world isn’t always easy, but I’ll be with you every step of the way. Together we can find and solve the “stuck points” holding you back from living a full and meaningful life.
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How I Can Help
I also help individual adults who struggle with their mood and want to create deeper connections with their loved ones. I take an integrative approach reflecting my honed expertise with three powerful modalities, Schema, EMDR and Exposure Response Prevention.
You are the expert of your life and I will partner with you on that journey. As your therapist, I believe in creating a warm and secure bond to open the space for long-lasting, personal growth. I appreciate how some old habits you have picked up at an earlier point may no longer serve you now.
Treatments:
EMDR
Exposure Response Prevention
Ketamine-Assisted
Schema
Specialties
Anxiety & Perfectionism
Borderline personality
Chronic pain
Complex trauma
Maladaptive daydreaming
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Trauma & Posttraumatic stress
Treatment-resistant depression
Clients
Adolescents
Adults
What Makes Me Credible
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (License: LCSW NY 090388, LCSW MA Massachusetts 127813)
- Master of Science in Social Work at Columbia University
- International Training Certificate for Advanced Schema Therapy by The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NY-DC
- Completion of Basic Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing from the Center of Excellence in EMDR Therapy
- Post Master’s Certificate in Advanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at New York University
- Certificate of Completion for Emotional Regulation as Informed by Dialectical Behavioral Therapy at Behavioral Tech Institute
- Certificate of Completion for Distress Tolerance as Informed by Dialectical Behavioral Therapy at Behavioral Tech Institute
- Certificate of Completion for Interpersonal Effectiveness as Informed by Dialectical Behavioral Therapy at Behavioral Tech Institute
- Certificate of Completion for DBT Intensive Training at PESI
- EMDR trainings level 1 & 2
REACH OUT TO GRACE HIGA, LCSW
Are you a new client? Please feel free to contact me or self-schedule below.
Therapy looks different for everyone because we all come with our unique identities, strengths and experiences that shape us. It’s an honor for me to build alliance with others, and to join you in contemplating life’s hardest questions. Together, we can nurture new insights and practices while bringing movement to stuck areas. I’m excited to get to know you and for the work we can do together.
