Together, We Make Hope & Healing Affordable.
High-quality counseling should be within reach for every person and every family. Your generosity makes that possible.
High-Quality, Affordable Counseling. Lasting Impact.
Grace Counseling exists because we believe everyone deserves access to exceptional mental health care, regardless of their financial circumstances.
Every counseling session is made more affordable because it’s partially funded by generous donors like you. Your gift helps reduce the cost of care, provide counseling scholarships, support our therapists, and expand access to life-changing mental health services throughout Central Florida.
Mental Health Care Shouldn’t Be a Luxury—But for Many, It Still Is.
It should be accessible to everyone, and together we’re making that possible.
High-quality, affordable counseling that is bringing hope and healing to our community.
Watch this impact video to see how your support is bringing hope and healing to our community.
THE PROBLEM
The Access Gap in Mental Health Care
Too often, when someone reaches out for help, they’re met with a reality they didn’t expect, costs they can’t afford and waitlists that stretch for months.
At the very moment someone is ready for support, access and affordability become the barriers that stand in the way.
35th | 46th
Florida ranks 35th out of all US states & D.C. in incidence of mental illness versus access to care, and ranks 46th in overall access to care (5th from the worst).1
6 Weeks
The average wait time for a counseling appointment —
even for someone in crisis — is six weeks or longer.2
$178
The average cost of counseling is $178/hr, well beyond the average person’s reach.3
Nearly 40% of the clients who obtained appointments reported needing financial help from someone to afford treatment.3
1 in 3 adults will experience an anxiety disorder at some point in their life, and 1 in 4 adolescents are experiencing anxiety.5
OUR SOLUTION
What Central Florida needs is not more of the same—it needs something different.
Grace Counseling was built on that conviction: that a better model is possible. One that ties the cost of care to what a family can afford, frees clinicians to focus fully on their clients, and treats mental health not as a luxury—but as essential element of life.
We’re not just filling gaps in the system. We’ve built something better, and Central Florida needs this.
Most people don’t realize this:
With the average counseling session costing $178, weekly therapy can cost more than $9,000 per year.
At Grace Counseling, we’re working to remove that financial barrier so more people can access the care they deserve.
At Grace Counseling, clients pay $25–$90 per session and sometimes as low as $15 with financial-need based scholarships.
So how is that possible?
The truth is simple:
It costs us about $120 to provide each session.
Clients pay $60 on average.
The difference is covered by generosity.
In 2026, we are projecting to provide over 17,000 appointments.
That’s where you come in.
- To a single mom and her children navigating trauma
- To a couple fighting for their marriage
- To a teenager battling anxiety and depression
- To the 75-year old widow experiencing anxiety for the first time
- For the business owner silently burning out
When you give, you’re not just funding a session, you’re helping someone heal, grow, and find hope again.
More than numbers, these are lives transformed.
Every session represents a story: a moment of courage, a step toward healing, a life moving forward.
Behind every number is someone who reached out for help and found it at Grace Counseling. Your generosity makes this possible.
In 2025, over
1,400 clients
were served ages 3 and older.
10%
of Grace Counseling clients received financial assistance for scholarships through our scholarship program.
Hear from Our Clients
The Grove Collective
Join The Grove Collective: Grace Counseling’s monthly giving that ensures every session, every day, is covered.
Every day, people reach out to Grace Counseling for help.
Calls from individuals, couples, and families looking for hope, healing, and support.
The need is real, and it’s growing, quickly.
The Grove Collective is a community of monthly givers who make consistent, affordable counseling possible. Monthly giving is the most effective way to sustain ongoing care for our clients.
Because every counseling session we provide is partially subsidized, monthly giving ensures that no call goes unanswered and every session has support behind it.
- Each session costs $120 to provide.
- Clients pay an average of $60.
- Your generosity help cover the remaining $60, making care accessible to those who need it most.
This is more than giving.
It’s Central Florida choosing to care for one another. As a member of The Grove Collective, you become part of a founding community, helping build something lasting for Central Florida.
It’s creating a place where:
- No neighbor suffers alone
- No call goes unanswered
- Hope and healing is accessible to everyone
Other Ways to Give
Your Generosity Can Be Part of Someone’s New and Better Story Through Counseling.
Mental health challenges touch every part of our community, and for many individuals and families, cost remains a barrier to getting help.
A planned gift is one way to help Grace Counseling continue making high-quality mental health care more affordable and accessible in Central Florida for years to come. Your legacy can become part of someone else’s story of writing a new and better story for their life.
What Is Planned Giving?
Planned giving allows you to include Grace Counseling in your broader financial or estate plans through options such as appreciated securities, retirement assets, donor-advised funds, or a gift through your will or trust.
Depending on the type of gift and your individual circumstances, planned giving may also offer tax benefits.
Explore your options:
STOCK GIFTS
Turn Growth Into Affordable Care
If you own stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or other eligible securities that have appreciated in value, you may be able to give those assets to benefit Grace Counseling.
A gift of appreciated securities can help make high-quality counseling more affordable and accessible while potentially offering tax benefits, depending on your circumstances.
Grace Counseling works with National Christian Foundation (NCF) to facilitate gifts of securities.
How to Make a Gift
Complete our Stock & Mutual Fund Transfer Form [LINK] and provide it to your financial advisor. Please also send a copy to:
National Christian Foundation – Orlando
orlando@ncfgiving.com | 407.401.9414
Gift Details:
Fund Name: The Grace Counseling Single Charity
Fund
Fund Number: 5663500
Because NCF receives and processes the securities, your charitable acknowledgment will be provided by NCF.
IRA GIFTS
Let Your Retirement Assets Continue a Legacy of Care
If you are age 70½ or older, you may be eligible to make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your IRA to support Grace Counseling.
Depending on your circumstances, a QCD may count toward your required minimum distribution, when applicable, and may offer certain tax benefits.
To learn more, contact your IRA administrator or
Mary Helen O’Connor at maryheleno@gracecounselingcenter.org.
DAF GIFTS
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BEQUESTS
Create a Legacy of a New & Better Story
Including Grace Counseling in your will or trust is a meaningful way to help make affordable, high-quality mental health care available to future generations.
A bequest allows you to make a future gift while maintaining control of your assets during your lifetime. You may choose a specific amount, a percentage of your estate, or another option determined with your estate-planning professional.
To explore including Grace Counseling in your estate plans, speak with your attorney or Mary Helen O’Connor at maryheleno@gracecounselingcenter.org for organizational information that may be helpful.
Our Community Partners
We’re grateful for the partners who make this work possible.
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