Erica Gray MA Licensed Resident Counselor
Erica is a resident counselor who earned her Masters degree in Professional Counseling at Liberty University in 2019 and is currently working toward her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision. Her background is in teaching and English literature. She taught middle school and high school in the Chicago area, which is where she is from, and moved to the Lynchburg area in 2012 as part of a major life transition.
Since then, along with earning her counseling degree, Erica cofounded a school for homeschooling families where she has taught many classes and fulfilled numerous roles, including the role of middle school and high school counselor. Although Erica loves teaching, she recognized early on in her career that she cared more about people building and making sure her students were personally supported and encouraged than she did about their academic progress.
This began a dream of becoming a counselor, which finally came to fruition a few years ago with the opportunity to go back to school. As a counselor, Erica has been able to facilitate a safe and caring space for people from all walks of life regardless of personal struggle, sexual orientation, or mental health disorder, and she looks forward to continuing to provide that space of nonjudgmental care for anyone who she has the honor of walking through life within this capacity.
Erica has experience working with addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, sexual orientation or confusion, life transitions, divorce, remarriage, self-discovery, personal identity building, and struggles with self-worth. Erica is a certified Prepare and Enrich counselor, qualified to work with couples, who also has practice facilitating Divorce Care groups. Erica is also comfortable working with children and adolescents and has years of experience in this area.
Erica is a resident counselor who earned her Masters degree in Professional Counseling at Liberty University in 2019 and is currently working toward her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision. Her background is in teaching and English literature. She taught middle school and high school in the Chicago area, which is where she is from, and moved to the Lynchburg area in 2012 as part of a major life transition.
Since then, along with earning her counseling degree, Erica cofounded a school for homeschooling families where she has taught many classes and fulfilled numerous roles, including the role of middle school and high school counselor. Although Erica loves teaching, she recognized early on in her career that she cared more about people building and making sure her students were personally supported and encouraged than she did about their academic progress.
This began a dream of becoming a counselor, which finally came to fruition a few years ago with the opportunity to go back to school. As a counselor, Erica has been able to facilitate a safe and caring space for people from all walks of life regardless of personal struggle, sexual orientation, or mental health disorder, and she looks forward to continuing to provide that space of nonjudgmental care for anyone who she has the honor of walking through life within this capacity.
Erica has experience working with addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, sexual orientation or confusion, life transitions, divorce, remarriage, self-discovery, personal identity building, and struggles with self-worth. Erica is a certified Prepare and Enrich counselor, qualified to work with couples, who also has practice facilitating Divorce Care groups. Erica is also comfortable working with children and adolescents and has years of experience in this area.