Grace A. Schoenthal, MAIS, CPHT
Family Wellness Consultant, Inclusion Specialist, & Creative Director
{Social Engineering & Crisis Prevention}

Grace is an artist, life-treatment counselor, outdoor adventurer, and owner of Graceful Growth Child and Family Services. She obtained her Bachelor’s of Arts in Family Services with a minor in Outdoor Recreation from the University of Northern Iowa. She is a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT), Registered with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy; a Yoga Provider, Registered with Yoga Alliance; and legally Ordained with the Universal Life Church (ULC) and American Marriage Ministries (AMM).

Grace holds her Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Mental Health, Well-Being, and Family Services/Advocacy. She grew up in Okoboji, Iowa and has lived in three of the four corners of the state. In her free time, Grace enjoys yoga, theater, tennis, swimming, long-boarding, and taking care of her dogs. She has felt many feelings and lived many lives by working and volunteering in childcare, food service, public school, janitorial, research, mental health & behavioral health treatment, long-term & retail pharmacy, outdoor recreation, and aquatics.

Uniqueness in life-styles, learning-styles, and leisure-styles is a strength. Collaboration with ourselves and community is important. Everyone deserves a space to recognize themselves. We support positive character development, including creating a comprehensive understanding of Self-Control, Compassion, Collaboration, Consistency, and Celebration.

I am dedicated to a positive quality of life for myself and others. Helping you help yourself, embracing commYOUnity, and critical thinking and mindfulness are all core facets of my practice. I take a trauma-informed, play-based, strength-based, heuristic approach to my services.

Foundational theories considered include, but are not limited to:

• Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
• Psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory
• Psychologist Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
• Psychologist Lev Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development
• Enright’s 20-Step Model of Forgiveness