Graceway Psychology Group - Champaign, Illinois

Sue K.

Dr. Grace Blocher is a trusted referral source. Her intelligence blends nicely with her compassion, creating positive experiences for the clients we connect with her. She offers excellent and thoughtful consultation, always keeping the needs of the client as a top priority. Both her therapeutic and diagnostic work is greatly appreciated. I highly recommend Dr. Grace Blocher and her carefully chosen team of talented psychologists.

Melanie M.

Over the years, I have had the opportunity to work with Dr. Blocher through professional consultation, peer supervision, participation in the Champaign Area Psychological Society, and coordinating treatment plans for our shared clients. I have been consistently impressed by Dr. Blocher’s professionalism and integrity as both a therapist and business owner. She is thorough in her assessment of client’s treatment needs. She is deeply committed to providing ethical care and building a group practice of highly skilled practitioners. I respect her compassionate, solution-focused, strengths-based approach to therapy, which is why Dr. Blocher is the first person I refer to when I am unable to take new clients or when clients need psychological assessment. She is well-versed in trauma treatment and I have worked with several individuals who have benefited immensely from participating in her empowerment group for women survivors of trauma. Whenever I consult with Dr. Blocher about our clinical cases, it is clear that she cares deeply for her clients and goes the extra mile to provide the most effective care while maintaining the healthy boundaries necessary to facilitate client safety and growth. She is also actively involved in the field of psychology through leadership roles in the Champaign Area Psychological Society, so she is always up to speed on current issues affecting the practice of psychotherapy and the latest in treatment research. For all of these reasons, I believe Dr. Blocher is a gifted therapist and an asset to our community.

Nitin B.

As a psychiatrist practicing in Chambana area, I have high regards for Dr. Blocher and her work. She is very approachable, very competent and easy to collaborate with, fostering a team-based approach for the benefit of our mutual patients. In addition, she is a very caring and compassionate individual and a strong advocate for her patients.

Angsty A.

Dr Blocher is incredibly kind and insightful. I have been seeing her for about 3 years and I believe I have grown greatly as a result. I appreciate that she takes a more academic approach and helps explain the background and studies behind many of the theories we discuss.

Katie K.

I've interacted professionally with several of the therapists in Dr. Blocher's group practice. I feel very positively about referring clients to this practice, as I'm confident that they will be treated with respect as they work collaboratively towards their treatment goals.

Jenna Q.

Dr. Claire Hauser is a former colleague. I have consulted with her countless times and have deep respect for her knowledge and warmth. She is client-centered, nonjudgmental, and deeply committed to her work.

S M.

I WISH I could give her more than just 5 stars.
I had been depressed for the majority of my life, and didn't know how to reach out or talk about it. I finally got a therapist when I was 21, up near Chicago, who was kind but didn't really do much in terms of helping me get through my childhood traumas. I had ended up in a crisis center for a few days, medicated for a few years, and later on, even medically withdrew out from UIUC because a close friend of mine had died and I didn't know how to deal with it.
Then I stumbled across Dr. Grace Blocher.
I didn't even know if my insurance would work for her, and I called, just to say that I had made an attempt to find another therapist to my father who was becoming increasingly worried about me, again.
She went through my options with me, but it wasn't until a few months later that my deductible would allow me to see her for free. She contacted me again, much to my complete surprise, and we set our first appointment.
I'll be honest, while I love therapy, I always just used it as a means to vent. A few sessions in, she looked at me, point blank, and asked if I actually wanted to get better. She reminded me that my insurance would restart at the beginning of the year, and that I was wasting my own time and hers if I couldn't trust her enough to work on my issues with her.
This might sound harsh, but I had told her at the beginning that I am the type of person that needs a hard, HARD shove, and she gave me exactly that.
I have never been as vulnerable with anyone like I have been with her. I would see her twice a week, and bike home, sobbing the entire way. Prior to meeting her, I hadn't cried without an extremely traumatic event for years. I didn't even think I knew how to cry anymore. I had all this anger and sadness that had turned me numb because I couldn't express my feelings and instead ignored them.
Then, after 28 seemingly short sessions, I realized something.
The knot in my chest, the pain and emptiness I had felt in my heart for so long it was like an old, terrible friend, wasn't there. I could breathe again. I told her as much, and she smiled and gave me the MMPI test again. I know it's not a "pass/fail" test but I passed.
For the first time in 24 years, I was clinically Not Majorly Depressed. Wasn't even a little depressed. Major depression is a disability that I no longer had to mark down on job applications. I wasn't even remotely anxious. In fact, I scored so high I actually counted as happy.
I remember crying with her on my last day, and she hugged me and told me I was finally ready. I felt free, happy.
Now, nearly two years later, she contacted me again to see how I was doing and ask if she could close my file.
I responded that I moved home, my mother and I are on better terms, and that today is the last day of my undergrad. I transferred in, and got a 2 year degree I'm obsessed with done in 1 year. I'm starting my Master's degree in the same field in a week. I am engaged to the absolute love of my life, I'm happy and healthy, and I honestly cannot remember the last time I felt empty, desolate. I haven't needed or taken any meds since I saw her last. I have two cats with my fiance!
It is a strange experience for me, to look back at where I once was.
I wouldn't be alive now if it weren't for her. She showed me how to trust, how to feel, how to build human connections that I hadn't had for years.
She helped me kick my demons in the a** and I haven't had issues with them since.
This is very long, but she deserves honest reviews.
She is amazing. Go see her. Don't wait like I did, until it was so bad I was having panic attacks multiple times a day that left me unable to breathe and physically incapacitated.
She was the first person to see me as more than just depressed, and she gave me the tools (and showed me how to use them) that allowed me to live my life the way I had always dreamed, but never thought possible.
I owe my life to her.
Thank you, Dr. Blocher.

Jason H.