I was stuck in a rut…struggling with a general malaise and chronic feeling of mild anxiety. I reached out to Gay Lynn and was impressed from the moment I met her. I could tell immediately that she was really listening and processing the specific details of my situation. Aside from being truly kind and compassionate, she has a lifetime of experience as a therapist, and uses a variety of approaches and self-discovery techniques to bring about healing in an accelerated way.

– Therapy patient

I had the pleasure of experiencing two psychedelic therapy sessions with Gay Lynn – the first in a private session, and the second in a group retreat. I strongly recommend reaching out to Gay Lynn to explore the potential benefits of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy. You will not regret it!

– Ketamine Assistant Psychotherapy patient

I recently attended a 2 & ½ day Ketamine retreat organized and supervised by Gay Lynn Grigas. I have had some experiences with psychedelics when I was much younger, but had never taken Ketamine.

The first evening Gay Lynn prepared us mentally to get the most of the medicine the next day. This included writing down and sharing our intentions. Purifying ceremonies helped us put aside our daily routines and be in a calm frame of mind. I feel that this is essential to have a deep mental experience on the medicine.

Gay Lynn was instrumental in easing us into the right frame of mind. Her positive, open and accepting attitude helped me look deeper into myself and share my feelings. Without her assistance in preparing for the journey, I know I would not have felt safe and secure enough to completely relax when the medicine was administered.

She is an excellent integration guide for the post journey discussions. With her years of counselling, she has a broad catalogue of experiences to help each of us deepen our understanding of the meaning of our journey. The integration sessions were instrumental for me to see the possible meanings of my experience.  She is a master of this technique.

I plan on doing another retreat with her, once I think I have fully understood the messages from my first one. I wholeheartedly recommend her for anyone wishing to try Ketamine as a way of confronting their doubts, fears or self-imposed limitations.

– Jeff

Just to qualify briefly: I have been struggling with debilitating depression for over 4 and a half decades with my first therapy session at age 4 years old after a traumatic life incident. I have been prescribed the gamut of pharmaceuticals (no help), have seen more therapists than I can recall (still no help), have been institutionalized for depression and suicidal ideation (no improvement), have chased “happiness” through substance abuse (made things worse), so why now am I able to function normally without depression?

I am a strong believer that therapy is a place where the “healthy get healthier” and therefore have sought out therapists at various times in my life to support my growth when encountering difficult challenges. By far Gay Lynn Grigas is the most effective therapist I have ever encountered. She has a profound sense of presence that allowed me to feel truly heard and understood.

My experience with Gay Lynn has been life-changing. I have experienced one group ketamine journey as well as two private sessions, and all of them were amazing! She made sure everyone had safe and productive sessions. She explained every step in great detail. I am a busy professional and a licensed minister, and I care for others in my private and professional life.

Working with Gay Lynn has been an amazing experience. The breakthroughs I’ve made with her guidance have been life-changing. 30+ years of suffering from PTSD, anxiety and depression were turned around much quicker than I ever believed possible. People who have known me for decades saw the transformation in me and were blown away. Working with Gay Lynn has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

Working with Gay Lynn has truly been life changing. The KAP sessions opened my eyes to the world in a way I never expected, helping me find a deeper sense of happiness and peace. After my father passed, I developed a deep fear of death and struggled with grief, but Gay Lynn has guided me through this in a way that feels both healing and empowering.

My experience with Gay Lynn helped me identify and address multiple underlying issues I had been struggling with for years. Her ability to illuminate and sympathetically expose the root causes of my maladaptive behavior had a life changing effect on my mental outlook.

It has been my experience that most therapists have a limit how much they can help or how deep they can go. With Gay Lynn there appears to be no limit. Her insight and sixth sense to help you find the real answer in the root cause is extremely unique and a breath of fresh air.

When I first started working with Gay Lynn, I was an absolute mess—though I had a flicker of hope and a deep desire to turn my life around. From the very beginning, Gay Lynn met me with such warmth, guidance, and compassion that I felt safe to begin making real changes.

Gay Lynn is a phenomenal therapist, writer, teacher, and advocate for mental health. I have been using the tools suggested by her and I am applying them to my daily life and I am healing.

I honestly don’t know how I would have survived the last couple of years without Gay Lynn! She has helped me through the highs and super lows of my life walking the path with me. Gay Lynn is always available to listen giving me the space to vent and always providing the best advice. I am so thankful everyday to have Gay Lynn in my life and I especially enjoy our laughter together! Thank you, Gay Lynn, for sharing your wisdom and love with me.

I love working with Gay Lynn. She has a grounding and nurturing presence. Her support has helped me transform my life from the inside out. I am so grateful for her and can’t recommend working with her enough.

Gay Lynn’s counseling services are second to none in my opinion. She is a wonderful counselor. I find her questions interesting and responses insightful. She is intuitive to what I am trying to explain and understands my feelings with much compassion. She can relate a current matter to a past conversation we had that re-establishes the point we were conversing about. A counseling session with Gay Lynn is an opportunity to really get understand oneself. I highly recommend her.

I have been seeing GayLynn for about a month now for therapy. GayLynn is always punctual and very on top of her schedule with follow up appointments. GayLynn is very easy to talk with and share what it is that I’m needing to work on in our appointments. Making it easy to set goals and work towards them. I feel that I am in very capable hands with my therapy. Have also referred friends to her as well!

Gay Lynn has exceptional gifts of insightful intuition, compassion, and a healing presence that foment an engagement of trust and collaborative problem-solving.It is important to be understood and deeply seen, and just as important to have tools and the compass to move toward one’s North Star in life. Gay Lynn addresses all this and more, and I am deeply grateful for finding her and the professional experience and talents she has brought to my transformative growth.

Gay Lynn Grigas, LMHC has been an invaluable therapeutic asset for me as I navigated survival from my broken heart during 2024. As an LMHC/therapist myself, I made a difficult patient. Gay Lynn was so patient with me and all of my bargains, lol. Now I only need once a moth monitoring for my progress ongoing. I was hurt and so lost and now I see the sun shining through the clouds. Thank you, Gay Lynn!

Working with Gay Lynn has been one of the most impactful experiences in my personal journey. Her grounded presence, deep listening, and intuitive guidance helped me reconnect with who I really am beneath all the noise. As someone who moves fast and leads others, I didn’t realize how much I needed space where I could just be—with no pressure, no roles to play. I’ve come away with more clarity, peace, and a sense of wholeness I didn’t know was possible. I’m so grateful for this work and wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone seeking real transformation.

I have been working with Gay Lynn for almost four years now. She expertly guided me through one of the darkest periods of my life—a failing marriage, excessive alcohol and drug use to mask depression, negative behaviors, and career difficulties. Thanks to her support, I’m living in a new city, enjoying a healthy relationship, using alcohol minimally, and experiencing little to no depression.

Gay didn’t do this work for me, but I certainly couldn’t have done it alone. Her approach to therapy is positive, supportive, encouraging, and refreshingly honest—she doesn’t hesitate to directly point out negative or unproductive patterns in behavior. She has truly been a partner in helping me reclaim my life, reconnect with my inner self, and remove self-inflicted obstacles holding me back.

Though we reduced the frequency of our session due to my progress (a direct result of her counseling) Gay continues to serve as an essential sounding board and a clear, honest mirror for navigating life’s challenges. I’ve had therapists in the past, but none provided the depth of honesty, guidance, and genuine support I’ve experienced in my work with Gay.

I have been working with Gay Lynn for over a year now. My life has changed dramatically since I began sessions with her. With her assistance I have developed the skills to heal deeply held traumas. From this place of stability, I have been able to envision and begin to embody the person I have always wanted to be. I so greatly appreciate our continued work, where with her help, I am able to reinforce my personal values and ideals, learn to effectively manage stress and perform self-care, interact effectively with my partner and family, and create necessary social and emotional boundaries. Gay Lynn is an absolute pleasure to work with. I am blessed to have her in my corner.