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Grace Malatse

AMFT

Associate Marriage & Family Therapist (AMFT) | California

Trauma-Informed Therapy • Nervous System Regulation • Anxiety & Relationship Healing •Individual Therapy • Couples Counseling • Telehealth Across California

About Grace

“You’re not falling apart — your nervous system is asking for the care it never received.”

Many people arrive in therapy feeling exhausted from holding everything together for years — managing careers, relationships, expectations, and emotional burdens that often went unseen or unsupported. Grace provides a grounding, intentional, and deeply supportive therapeutic space where clients can finally slow down, feel safe, and begin meaningful healing.

Grace works with individuals and couples seeking healthier relationships, stronger boundaries, and lasting emotional change. Her approach focuses on helping clients retrain their nervous systems, reduce emotional overwhelm, and build the stability and clarity they’ve been craving.

Her work is trauma-informed and culturally responsive, prioritizing emotional safety while helping clients move through anxiety, trauma, relational wounds, and long-standing patterns they feel ready to address.

Clients often describe sessions with Grace as grounding, empowering, and restorative — leaving therapy feeling seen, regulated, and equipped with practical tools for sustainable change.

Who Grace Works With

Grace supports individuals and couples who may be:

  • Experiencing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or chronic stress

  • Healing from trauma or difficult life experiences

  • Struggling with relationship conflict or communication challenges

  • Working to establish healthier boundaries

  • Navigating life transitions or identity exploration

  • Feeling emotionally disconnected or burned out

  • Seeking deeper self-understanding and long-term emotional growth

Specialties

  • Anxiety & Stress Management

  • Trauma & Nervous System Regulation

  • Relationship & Attachment Concerns

  • Couples Therapy

  • Emotional Regulation Skills

  • Boundary Setting & Self-Worth

  • Life Transitions

Therapeutic Approach

Grace blends evidence-based modalities with a warm, empowering, and collaborative style. Her work integrates:

  • Trauma-Informed Therapy

  • Attachment-Based Therapy

  • Nervous System Regulation Techniques

  • Emotionally Focused Interventions

  • Culturally Responsive Care

  • Mindfulness & Somatic Awareness

Therapy with Grace focuses not only on insight, but on helping your body and nervous system experience safety — creating change that feels sustainable rather than temporary.

What to Expect in Therapy

Grace believes healing happens when clients feel emotionally safe, understood, and supported. Together, you will:

  • Understand patterns shaped by past experiences

  • Develop regulation and coping skills that work in real life

  • Strengthen communication and relational connection

  • Build confidence and emotional resilience

  • Create meaningful, lasting change aligned with your values

Investing in yourself starts from within — and Grace walks alongside you every step of the way.

Location & Availability

Telehealth Therapy Across California

Accepting New Clients

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Grace Malatse

Insurance Accepted:

  • Aetna

  • Alliant

  • Anthem

  • Cigna

  • Optum

  • United

E-mail

Phone:

949-414-4989

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Locations & Online Services
 

Online therapy available for clients located in select states including:
California • Colorado • Florida • Georgia • Iowa • Louisiana • Nevada • New Mexico • New York • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington DC


In person therapy available in:
Cumming and Dawsonville Georgia

Serving North Georgia including Forsyth County, Dawsonville County and surrounding areas. 

Contact:
 

       - (678)-807-9379
trish@reflectionsccounselingcoaching.com

If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please call 988 or your local emergency services.

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