About Mary Chase Mize PhD, LPC, NCC
Dr. Mary Chase Mize, PhD, LPC, NCC (she/her/hers) received her PhD in counselor education & practice from Georgia State University and is an Part-Time Instructor/Adjunct Professor at Agnes Scott College and part-time clinician with JF&CS. Her clinical expertise is suicide intervention and prevention and working with older adults.

Bio
Mary Chase has been working with JF&CS since 2018, where she completed her doctoral practicum and internship with Clinical Services & Aviv Older Adult Services and is now a part-time therapist.
She completed her master’s clinical internship at Emory Decatur (formerly DeKalb Medical) Behavioral Health Services, where she provided crisis intervention in the emergency room as an assessment counselor, as well as short-term crisis stabilization in the psychiatric stabilization unit.Mary Chase is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and master-level Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) trainer. She is a part-time instructor/Adjunct Professor at Agnes Scott College, where she teaches undergraduate psychology majors and master’s level clinical mental health counseling students.
Prior to her work at Agnes Scott, Mary Chase was a postdoctoral research associate at Georgia State University, where she served as the assistant director of the HOPE Lab and co-primary investigator of a $1.3 million dollar grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. The primary focus of her research is community-based suicide intervention, particularly within faith communities and with older adults.
At JF&CS, Mary Chase has been able to combine her research and academic experience within clinical practice. Her clinical approach is informed by her theoretical orientation, Individual Psychology (Adlerian), and she is committed to helping individuals and their families find healing during times of crisis and loss.
Additional Information
- Phone
- 770.677.9365
- Office hours
- Telehealth only, by appointment
- Location
- JF&CS 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA. 30338