Who is Grace?
Grace Walcott (she/her, he/him) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #156723, drama therapist, filmmaker, actor, and author whose work explores identity, self-acceptance, sexuality, gender, trauma, and belonging. A graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies’ Drama Therapy program, Grace brings creative, embodied, and relational approaches to her clinical work with individuals and groups in Oakland and throughout the Bay Area. Her work is grounded in play, imagination, curiosity, and reclaiming the authorship of one’s story.
Grace is the director of River of Life, LGBTQ+, a multigenerational documentary that brings elders and younger LGBTQ+ people together using drama therapy to explore identity, internalized oppression, intergenerational conflict, and queer belonging. Grace’s own experience with identity and community belonging informs her commitment to creating spaces where people can play and express their most authentic selves. She identifies as pansexual and describes herself as gender-expansive, identifying as both male and female. Her work invites LGBTQ+ individuals and communities experiencing oppression to make room for complexity, evolution, and difference.
She is also the author of Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriage and Loving on My Own Terms. As an actor and writer, she has performed in and created work for theater, film, television, and community-based venues. Her film Ginger Snaps screened at the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Outfest, the Berlin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and on PBS. Through drama therapy, filmmaking, and storytelling, Grace works toward a world in which people can be their fullest authentic selves—and where communities learn to transform difference from a source of division into a source of strength.
As a feminist therapist, my intention is to:- Create an equal partnership with you
- Listen deeply and empathetically
- Help you identify your strengths and creativity
- Present you with tools to move through obstacles
- Create awareness around patterns that are holding you back
- Support you in taking emotional risks to improve your life
More About Grace…
Grace Walcott (she/he) is a Director, Actor, Drama Therapy Facilitator, and the Author of “Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriage and Loving On My Own Terms”. Her award- winning film River of Life LGBTQ+ played at the Albany Film Festival and won best LGBTQ documentary at WRPN Women’s International Film Festival. She/he is a graduate of California Institute of Integral Studies in Drama Therapy, currently leads groups and, sees individual clients in the Oakland and Bay Area.
Relationship Artistry
Relationship Artistry is a set of principles, guidelines and communication techniques that improve the quality of our relationships, and allow us to deepen and solidify our connection to others. Relationships can included spouses, best friends, parent-child and even work relationships. When we understand our boundaries, where we stop and another person begins, we are at a better advantage to creating healthy relationships that fulfill us.
Other Projects
Identity is the first stage to healing the community. Explore a drama therapy workshop with 13 diverse participants, unpacking queerphobia and celebrating LQBTQ+ evolution.
