

Grace Ligon
(she/her)
LCSW, MHA
Trauma Specialist. Neuro & Identity Affirming. Systemically Minded.
Grace is the founder of Bridge Counseling & Wellness and brings ten years of clinical experience across the full continuum of care, from crisis settings and hospital systems to outpatient practice.
She tends to work with high-achieving adults navigating trauma recovery, identity intersections, neurodivergence, and major life transitions. Her clients think and feel deeply, question everything, and are often a little unconventional. She has built this practice for exactly those people, and she counts herself lucky to witness their journeys.
As a neurodivergent clinician herself, Grace brings both personal understanding and clinical expertise to her work. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and rooted in evidence. She uses EMDR to process what words cannot always reach and DBT to build lasting skills. She holds both MSW and MHA degrees. She speaks on traumatic stress and digital health ethics, bringing clinical depth to examinations of the broader forces of technology, systems, and power that shape health.
SPECIALTIES

Trauma
Anxiety
ADHD
Depression
LGBTQ+ Issues
Tech-Informed Therapy
Digital Wellness
Gender-Affirming Care
Qualifications

LGBTQ+ affirming therapy

Gender-affirming care letters

Digital disconnection work

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing)

DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)

Trauma-informed care

Neurodivergence (ADHD, autism spectrum)

Clinic Administrator III, Novant Health (5 clinics, 34 staff)

One HealthTech (OHT) Fellow

Applied Digital Health Ethics Certified (DiMe)

MS in Informatics & Analytics (in progress)

Active in WELL, All Tech Is Human, HealthTech Nerds
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
- North Carolina #C011643
- Virginia #0904017682

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA)

LCSW Licensure Supervisor (NCSWLB)

“I’ve been in the river myself—navigating neurodivergence, masking until exhausted, questioning identity, feeling captured by systems designed to exploit me. I know what it’s like to appear successful while drowning inside. That lived experience, combined with clinical training and systems leadership, shapes how I practice: with rigor, empathy, and commitment to going upstream.”
