Grace Cost-Chretien, AASW

Grace Cost-Chretien is an AASW social worker with six years' experience helping people find steadier footing during stressful times. She focuses on building self-love and confidence while guiding people through relationship challenges and major life changes. Grace also supports those facing parenting pressures, anxiety, and shifts like becoming a parent.

Her style is direct and warm. She creates a calm space where people can talk about hard things without judgment. Sessions centre on what matters most to the client and on practical next steps they can use between meetings.

Grace blends several approaches to suit each person. She draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help clarify values, uses cognitive behavioural strategies to spot unhelpful thinking, and includes somatic work when the body holds stress. Internal Family Systems and client-centred ways of working also shape how she helps people understand inner conflicts and build self-compassion.

People who seek her help often want clearer communication, better stress management, or support through life transitions. She pays particular attention to issues like commitment and jealousy, guilt and shame, and navigating the early years of parenthood.

Grace aims to help people leave sessions with something they can try that week. She encourages small, achievable changes and checks in on progress as goals evolve.

How therapeutic approaches guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify what really matters to them and take small actions that align with those values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy targets the thinking patterns that keep problems going and introduces practical skills to change behaviour and mood. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily signals and uses gentle practices to release held tension and regulate stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods and adapt them based on the client's responses so the plan fits the person rather than forcing a single model.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let someone continue therapy through a move or a change in schedule. Appropriately qualified or registered therapists can guide selection of approaches and practical arrangements to suit everyday routines.