Grace Tanaya, Psy.D

Title: Post-Doctoral Clinician
Pronouns: she/her

Grace (she/her) is a Post-Graduate Fellow at Rutgers CAPS. She completed her doctoral education in Clinical Psychology at La Salle University and her doctoral internship at the APA-accredited training program at Temple University’s Tuttleman Counseling Services in 2025. Grace's clinical interests include relationships, family dynamics, multiculturalism, anxiety, and depression. Grace places strong emphasis on cultural humility, social justice values, and the therapeutic relationship in her work to promote meaningful change. She takes an integrative approach to therapy to meet her client's needs which include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based interventions, and relational-cultural approaches. Grace prides herself on creating a warm and validating environment where students can be themselves and explore their developing identities with equal attention to the past, present, and future.