SPECIALTIES

End of Life, Life Transitions

Credentials

PhD, RN

Additional Expertise

Counselor/Therapist, Marriage and Family Therapist, Marriage/Couples Counselor, Speaker/Presenter

About Grace Harlow Klein, PhD

I found my place in the Person-Centered Approach, the work of Carl R. Rogers, noted American psychologist of the 20th century. I am a person centered psychotherapist. Together we will make a relationship to explore what is hurting, to connect with your feelings, find your voice and make the life and relationships you want.

My first career came from my dream to be a nurse. It took me to my passion as a community health nurse, working in diverse cultures, becoming a university professor of nursing with a passion for students’ learning and growth. I became dean of two schools of nursing, experienced in the complexities of vision, university life and organizational dynamics.

My discovery of Carl Rogers’ writing on the Person-Centered Approach informed my teaching and my practice as a psychotherapist.

I have made difficult choices in my life, taken risks – and won. I had two beautiful daughters in a young marriage, early in my life – and later a son when we adopted each other as adults. I loved my husband’s children and celebrated with all of them the arrival of our ten grandchildren, who bring continuous meaning to my life.

I met Armin Klein at the First International Forum on the Person-Centered Approach in Mexico in 1982. We left, knowing we wanted to be together. He was a gifted therapist, the poetic one, I the one who made things happen. We made a wonderful life together, both of us healing old wounds and growing in a deep and intimate relationship with many challenges. We loved to travel and discovered Provence and Tuscany together. We remained a part of the person-centered community, attending meetings in various countries over the years. Knowing Armin and being known by him is the greatest gift of my life.

The dream I shared with Armin for our Center for Human Encouragement led me to my second career as a psychotherapist. Our workshops on Empowering Nursing and on personal growth, the place of healing and community we made in our home, the place of our practice, all became a part of our vision for the Center as a place of connection and healing.

Writing poetry and painting emerged for me at a very difficult time in my life and became new avenues for finding and expressing my voice, leading me from loss to healing and new life.   I found my voice – and continue to find it -- in a long and continuous process of growth.

You can visit me at the following sites: Grace Harlow Klein and Grace Harlow Fine Art