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Exposing her own mental health journey helps Pa. therapist reduce the stigma of getting help

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Mental health Therapist Susan Grubb of Elizabethtown is the only woman from Pennsylvania featured in “Women Who Shine” by author Kate Butler.

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania therapist is contributing to a women's health book due out this month.  

“Women Who Shine” is a collection of real-life experiences from women around the country and Canada.

The book is a collection of stories by women who have emerged from darkness into light.

Grubb’s chapter, “The Other Side,” includes her struggles with depression and relationships.  

“As a mental health therapist, I feel that it's important to be open about my own struggles because there is a stigma about mental health and if I can't be open and honest about where I've come from, I've contributed to that stigma, and I think it also then gives people hope, like, yeah, healing’s possible,” Grubb said.

She writes about her decision to go back to school after 20 years and make a career change into therapy.

“Women Who Shine” will be released on Aug. 25. Grubb will be releasing two of her own books through Kate Butler.