Grace Counseling, Inc.

My daughter went here and I thought it would be helpful, but it was just the opposite. She did the same thing to us as what others have mentioned about schedulingshe seems more about the money than anything else. I could say a lot more but not worth my time. Go somewhere else!
Mar 3rd, 2023

Honestly one of the worst people Ive ever met. Treats people like less than garbage. Dont recommend unless you wanna feel worse about yourself.
Jan 31st, 2023

My wife and I received counseling from Dr Martin and were able to not only resolve some long standing issues but also we were given the tools to grow on our own together. We continue to benefit from Dr Martins wisdom. If you are looking for someone to help you work through your marriage issues I find Dr Martin to be fair, rational and caring in her counseling to both spouses. Our religious beliefs were respected and we were given biblical, principled, and practical advice. We have and will continue to recommend to our friends.
Nov 11th, 2022

I and my wife ( then fiance) went through counseling with Dr. Martin. She made me a better parent and a better husband, she taught me how a man should love his wife from a biblical point of view. She could be very direct and say things as they are. Some might think she is coming off a little hard, but she means well, believes in marriage and a very devoted Christian. She is strict about her cancelation policies and she is upfront about it. But she went way above and beyond the time we paid for her to help us with things. If you want a counselor who will pray for you even after months later your last session, she is the one.
Sep 1st, 2022

The last time I ever stepped foot in this place was nearly 3 years ago in mid 2020. But lately I been needing to get this off my chest. I want to put a disclaimer that I have no intent of defaming Dr. Martin. I do not mean to make her seem like a terrible person. I am not attacking her, just simply putting out there the way she treated me during the sessions I had with her. I do not want any trouble especially so I will be posting anonymously. I had my first session with Dr. Martin a few months into 2020, around March I believe. Right when the virus was just starting to take a toll on the world. I was 16 years old. Pretty normal expect I was slightly depressed after I had lost my best friend and simply wanted to talk to someone about it. And this was a few months after it happened so it wasn't severely affecting me. That's all. At first she was pretty ok, she was a bit condescending, and compelled I tell her the worst/most traumatizing memory I ever had. I had just met her and I expressed I was uncomfortable with that. But then she got a bit aggressive to the point I was way too uncomfortable and explained that maybe she the right therapist for me. She then said that my aunt paid $100 for the session and gulit-tripped me about it, basically using emotional force to get me to schedule another appointment. None of the sessions I attended were benefit of me. I always left feeling worse than before. When I would express about the abuse and bullying I experienced when I was a child, she spun it around making it look like it was my fault. She made me believe I was inherently a terrible person even though I simply wanted help from what I experienced. I mentioned many times that I wanted to quit sessions with her but she always gulit-tripped me into coming back. I feared every coming appointment, so the point I would rather harm myself than go there. Which will be mentioned again later. One time she nearly toke it to far and said she would send me away to another state at some kind of girls home were I would be isolated from my family, who was all I had at the moment, unless I kept coming to her sessions. Those places are known for being horrible for the young girls that go there, and it would've just traumatized me further. I'm not even 'troubled' at all.. I never even gotten detention ever. I was a quiet kid who kept to myself. I had no reason to be at such a place. I was so lost and trapped at this point that I relapsed back to self-harming after 2 years. I was so suicidal, I felt like I wasn't supposed to be alive anymore. I felt like no one was coming to save me and I would be stuck in this cycle forever. I was so terrified. My guardian eventually saw the scars and instantly quitted the sessions with her. I was so grateful. Dr. Martin still wanted one more session with me but finally let me go. I still get terrible memories from my times with Dr. Martin. I fear going to new consoling services in fear my experiences happen again. Sometimes to the point I nearly cry. I'm 19 now, and doing very well. But these times still haunt me. Parents, if you bring your child here and they tell you they want to stop, let them stop and bring them elsewhere. Don't let your child experience what I did. Edit: I also recently remembered she had proclaimed my mother didn't love me because she was struggling with alcohol and mental health issues. My mother cares about me so much and tries her best even though her life is rough. It was a very prejudiced statement from her. Especially from a 'consular'.
Dec 6th, 2022