Meet Our Team
Graceful Self Help Counseling is a telehealth counseling and wellness practice dedicated to creating compassionate, supportive spaces where individuals, couples, and families can feel heard, respected, encouraged, and understood. Our approach brings together psychotherapy, emotional wellness, education, practical resources, and a strong belief in the value of connection, reflection, and personal growth.
Leadership & Support Team
Christina F. Reed, M.Ed., MPA
Marriage and Family Therapy Associate
Founder • M.Ed. in School Guidance Counseling • Master of Public Administration
Christina F. Reed is the founder of Graceful Self Help Counseling and a Marriage and Family Therapy Associate providing psychotherapy under clinical supervision in accordance with Kentucky requirements.
Her educational background includes graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy, a Master of Education in School Guidance Counseling, and a Master of Public Administration. Her professional experience also includes school guidance counseling, targeted case management, behavioral and human services, emotional wellness education, and trauma-informed support.
Christina's therapeutic approach is compassionate, collaborative, and person-centered while also recognizing the importance of relationships, family systems, life experiences, and the environments in which people live. She works to create a space where clients can speak openly, explore difficult experiences without judgment, recognize their strengths, and develop practical ways to move toward the changes they want in their lives.
Areas of Focus
- Anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm
- Depression and changes in mood
- Trauma and difficult life experiences
- Grief, loss, and major life transitions
- Relationship and family concerns
- Self-esteem, boundaries, and personal growth
- Burnout and caregiver stress
- Emotional regulation and coping skills
- Military, veteran, and first responder families
- Helping professionals and educators
- Telehealth psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families
- Wellness coaching, education, and personal growth resources
Graceful Self Help Counseling has a special interest in supporting military families, veterans, first responders, helping professionals, caregivers, educators, and others who experience chronic stress, trauma exposure, burnout, emotional overload, or the unique demands that come with caring for and serving others.
As a Marriage and Family Therapy Associate, Christina practices under qualified clinical supervision in accordance with Kentucky law and professional requirements. Additional supervision information is provided to psychotherapy clients as part of the informed consent process.
Alexandria P. Sloan, B.A.
Administrative & Wellness Support Coordinator
Alexandria P. Sloan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and serves as the Administrative & Wellness Support Coordinator for Graceful Self Help Counseling.
Alexandria helps support the organization and day-to-day administrative flow of the practice. Her role includes assisting with scheduling, client communication, wellness resources, educational materials, workshops and classes, and other administrative needs that help create a welcoming and organized experience for those interacting with Graceful.
She also assists with wellness resource organization, printable materials, customer support related to educational and wellness products, and behind-the-scenes coordination of practice projects and programs.
Support Areas
- Administrative coordination
- Scheduling assistance
- Client and customer communication
- Workshop and class support
- Wellness resource organization
- Educational material coordination
- Wellness store support
- General practice support
Alexandria serves in a non-clinical administrative and wellness-support role. She does not provide psychotherapy, counseling, mental health diagnosis or treatment, crisis services, or clinical consultation.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide compassionate, accessible, and meaningful support that helps individuals, couples, and families feel heard, understood, and empowered to create positive change. Through psychotherapy, wellness coaching, education, practical resources, and community-focused services, Graceful Self Help Counseling strives to support emotional wellness, healing, stronger relationships, personal growth, and greater connection.
Our Approach
We believe people are more than a diagnosis, a difficult season, or the challenges they are currently facing. Graceful Self Help Counseling approaches care with curiosity, compassion, respect, and recognition of each person's individual strengths, relationships, family system, experiences, values, and goals.
Services are collaborative and tailored to the needs of the individual, couple, or family. Our goal is to create a supportive environment where clients can better understand themselves and their relationships, develop useful coping and communication skills, strengthen existing resources, and move toward meaningful and sustainable change.
Our Values
- Compassion and empathy
- Emotional safety and respect
- Authenticity and honesty
- Client dignity and autonomy
- Trauma-informed and relationship-focused care
- Respect for lived experience
- Growth through reflection, connection, and practical change
- Accessible and welcoming care
- Professional integrity and ethical practice
- Support for individuals, couples, families, military and veteran families, first responders, educators, caregivers, and helping professionals
Professional & Ethical Standards
Graceful Self Help Counseling is committed to providing services within appropriate professional, ethical, and legal boundaries. Psychotherapy services are provided in accordance with applicable Kentucky licensure and supervision requirements, confidentiality standards, telehealth requirements, and professional ethical guidelines.
Clinical psychotherapy, wellness coaching, educational resources, workshops, and administrative services are distinct services. Clients and participants receive information appropriate to the service they are using so they can make informed decisions about their care and participation.
Explore Graceful
Christina F. Reed, M.Ed., MPA
Marriage and Family Therapy Associate
Psychotherapy provided under clinical supervision.
Graceful Self Help Counseling does not provide emergency or crisis response through this website or client portal. If you are in immediate danger or experiencing an emergency, call 911. For a mental health or suicide crisis, call or text 988.