About

Dr. Mary Chase Mize (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor of clinical mental health counseling at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), and is Certified in Thanatology – Death, Dying, and Bereavement (CT). She earned her PhD in Counselor Education, MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and MA in Gerontology from Georgia State University. As a counselor educator, Dr. Mize enjoys teaching lifespan development, crisis, trauma, and grief, group counseling, assessment, psychopharmacology, and practicum and internship courses. Her research is focused on community-based suicide intervention and prevention efforts with older adults, equipping faith-based communities respond to suicide, and preparing counselors to work with older adult clients. As a clinician, Dr. Mize has worked in hospital, community mental health, and private practice settings. She completed her first clinical internships in the emergency room and inpatient psychiatric stabilization units at Emory University Hospital – Decatur (formerly DeKalb Medical), and worked with older adults and their families at Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta for over five years. Dr. Mize now manages Seek and Find Counseling and Consulting, a small private practice where she provides counseling services to older adults and individuals experiencing grief, bereavement, death anxiety, major life transitions, and suicide ideation and loss. Dr. Mize also serves as a professional consultant and co-author to The Keep/Watch Project, an effort from the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta to equip religious and spiritual communities with suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention response skills.