"But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being
​transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.
For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.​" 2 Corinthians 3:16-18

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Sherri Grady is a licensed professional counselor/supervisor, trained spiritual director, teacher, artist and author in private practice in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She graduated with a B.A. in English from the College of Charleston in 1991.  She graduated from The Citadel Graduate School with a Masters in Education in Community Counseling and a Masters in Education in Guidance Counseling both with high honors in 1993/1994. 
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Sherri has 29 years of experience working in a variety of mental health settings providing client services in outpatient clinics, residential treatment centers, and private practice.  In addition to providing therapy to clients and families, Sherri has held supervisory and director positions in both community mental health centers as well as residential treatment centers.  
Licenses, Certifications, & Intensive Training
  • Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) #3195 -S.C. Board of Examiners
  • LPC Supervisor #4093 -  S.C. Board of Examiners
  • Spiritual Director -  Selah Spiritual Direction Training Program 2021
  • Certificate in Spiritual Transformation - Transforming Center 2014
  • Certified Heartmath Biofeedback Practitioner
  • Certified EMDR Therapist - Certified through EMDRIA since 2016
  •  Attachment Mastery Program with Dr. Diane Poole Heller - 2014​

Professional Manuscripts
  • (1998) The Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale: A new brief screening measure.  Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28, pp. 70-81.
  •  (1997)  Children and families coping with disaster.  In S.A. Wolchik, and I.N. Sandler (Eds.)  Handbook of Children Coping with Common Stressors:  Linking Theory, Research, and Interventions.
  • Swenson, C., Saylor, C., Powell, P. Stokes, S., Foster, K., & Belter, R.  (1996) Impact of a natural disaster on preschool children: Adjustment 14 months after a hurricane.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 66(1).  Pp122-131
  • Stokes, S., Saylor, C., Swenson, C., & Daugherty, T.  (1995)  A comparison of children’s reaction following three types of stressors.  Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 26(2), PP. 113-123.
  • McDowell, A., Saylor, C., Taylor, M., Boyce, G., & Stokes, S. (1995)  Ethnicity and parenting stress change during early intervention.  Early Child Development and Care, 111, pp131-140.
Professional Memberships 
  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) - Member
  • American Counseling Association (ACA) - Member
  • Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS)- Member
  • EMDRIA - Member
  • International Society for Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) - Member
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) – Member
  • Evangelical Spiritual Directors Association (ESDA) - Member
  • American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) – Past Member
  • Association of Christian Therapists (ACT) – Past Member
  • South Carolina Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (SPCSAC) – Past Board of Directors, Officer, Past Member
  • South Carolina Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (SCATSA) – Past Board of Directors, Officer, Past Member
  • Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)  - Past Clinical Member and Ethics Committee Member
  • National Adolescent Perpetrator Network (NAPN) – Past Member
  • American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) – Past Member

Past Professional Task Forces/Projects
  • Member of National Residential Standards Task Force for Juvenile Sex Offenders – Revision Project 
  • SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) – United States of America Department of Health & Human Services – Field Reviewer for Federal Grant Submissions in area of Trauma
  • Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers Organizational Ethics Committee Member
  • South Carolina Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers Member and Officer
  • South Carolina Professional Society on the Abuse of Children 2006 Colloquium Committee Member
"In art, the hand can never
​execute anything higher than
the heart can imagine.” 

 - Ralph Waldo Emerson 
I love this quote by Emerson.  I think the concept is applicable in the process of therapy as well.  The mind can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.   The heart is at the center of walking with others along their journey.