Mary Chase Mize, PhD, LPC, ACS, NCC (she/her/hers) is the Director of Counseling and Supervision at Seek and Find Counseling and Consulting. She is a counselor educator, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC - Georgia), an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), a Certified Professional Counseling Supervisor (CPCS - Georgia), a National Certified Counselor (NCC), and holds a Certificate in Thanatology (CT). 

 
Mary Chase earned a bachelor of arts in communication from Mississippi State University, and a master of science in clinical mental health counseling, a master of arts in gerontology, and a PhD in counselor of education and practice from Georgia State University.

 
Mary Chase has over ten years of experience as a clinical mental health counselor. 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. For five years, she worked at Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta as a part-time staff counselor with the Frances Bunzl Clinical Services team and the Aviv Older Adult Services team. 

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Mary Chase is passionate about community-based suicide intervention and prevention efforts. She is a master-level Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) trainer. She 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. She is the outgoing Senior Editor of the Chi Sigma Iota Exemplar, the current president-elect of the Association for Adult Development and Aging, Vice-Chair of the Board of Respite Care Atlanta, and a member of the Atlanta Regional Commission's Advisory Committee on Aging.

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As a professional counselor, Mary Chase combines 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 change, transition, crisis, and loss. 

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Outside of work, enjoys spending time with her family and friends, reading (all genres, especially science fiction/fantasy), creative writing, hiking and spending time outdoors, music, traveling, and being involved with her parish community and the Episcopal church.