Mental Health & Counseling

Gracie Brave is a beautiful story full of whimsical adventure. But it is also a story of a young girl suffering from childhood depression. The topic of child and adolescent depression, anxiety, or other mental health disorders, can be a difficult one. Often time, parents and caretakers are challenged in seeing the signs or understanding how to support the young people they love.

Gracie Brave aims to support and provide hope for individuals and families interested in mental health solutions. We advise you first identify if your loved one is exhibiting signs or behaviors that may indicate they have a mental health area of their life in need of addressing:

Common Signs of Childhood Depression May Include:

  • irritability or sadness

  • boredom, lack of interest in friends and previously enjoyed activities

  • changes in appetite resulting in failure to gain weight or, especially in teens, weight gain

  • irregular sleep patterns – either having difficulty sleeping or refusing to wake up for school

  • persistent lack of energy or feeling tired

  • self-critical – feeling that “no one likes me”

  • not performing well at school

  • lack of motivation

  • inability to concentrate

  • preoccupation with death, writing or talking about suicide

Additional signs of mental health struggles may include feelings of extreme highs and lows, strange thoughts (delusions), seeing or hearing things that aren’t there (hallucinations), numerous unexplained physical ailments, and substance use.

“1 in 33 school-aged children and 1 in 8 adolescents suffers from clinical depression”

There are numerous resources available to support mental health and we encourage you to be brave like Gracie and ask for help. We at Gracie Brave have specifically partnered with Ambriel Counseling Associates, a national counseling center focused on providing direct counseling services in-person or virtually. Ambriel Counseling Associates is an available resource to help young people discover the tools needed to thrive in their mental health journey. Ambriel Counseling Associates welcomes you to contact them with questions today.

Contact Ambriel Counseling Associates

The Gracie Brave Foundation has created the Gracie Brave Dream Center in conjunction with Ambriel Counseling Associates. This resource is available to help you and your loved one in their mental health journey today.