Rooted in Grace Coaching and Counseling
Dr. Albert Scales
Faith-integrated pastoral counseling and coaching for individuals, couples, and men ready to find their way back.
About
Dr. Albert Scales III is the founder of Rooted in Grace Counseling and Coaching — a faith-integrated telehealth practice serving individuals, couples, and men in crisis from wherever they are in the world.He is a Licensed Pastoral Counselor credentialed through the National Christian Counselors Association, a Certified Professional Mental Health Coach through the International Board of Christian Care, an ordained minister, and a U.S. Marine Corps and Coast Guard veteran. He holds a PhD in Pastoral Counseling and has spent his career at the intersection of clinical excellence, biblical truth, and the kind of real-world experience that cannot be learned in a classroom.Rooted in Grace offers two distinct tracks of care.The pastoral counseling track serves individuals and couples from the faith community through temperament-based counseling using the Arno Profile System, scripture-integrated sessions, and a deep commitment to helping people return to healing and a relationship with Christ.The coaching track serves a specific population — veterans, first responders, and faith community men who have lost themselves in service to others and need a structured, faith-grounded path back to identity, purpose, and restored relationships. This work is built on Dr. Scales' proprietary ROOTS Model — Reveal, Own, Orient, Transform, Sustain — a framework designed to move men from hidden pain to rooted, sustainable change.
Dr. Scales does not believe that asking for help is weakness. He believes it is the first act of courage on the road back to wholeness. His work exists for the man — and the couple — who are ready to take that step.All services are delivered via telehealth. Rooted in Grace is available to clients nationally and internationally.PhD — Pastoral Counseling | Licensed Pastoral Counselor, NCCA | CPMHC, IBCC | CMFRC, IBCC | Ordained Minister
OUR SERVICES
At Rooted in Grace we offer two distinct tracks of care — each designed to meet you exactly where you are.Pastoral Counseling
This track is for individuals and couples from the faith community who are seeking healing, restoration, and a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.
Using the Arno Profile System — a biblically grounded temperament assessment — we help you understand how God uniquely wired you and how that wiring shapes your relationships, your struggles, and your responses to life's most difficult seasons. Every session integrates scripture and is guided by the conviction that true and lasting healing is not merely emotional or psychological — it is spiritual.This track serves:Individuals navigating identity loss, grief, life transition, and spiritual crisis
Couples seeking to understand each other more deeply and rebuild what has been brokenAll sessions are conducted via telehealth.Coaching for Men
This track is for veterans, first responders, and faith community men who have spent their lives in service to others — and somewhere along the way, lost themselves in the process.
If you appear strong on the outside but are quietly unraveling on the inside — if your role has changed, ended, or cost more than you expected — if your faith feels distant and your relationships are suffering in silence — this track was built for you.
Using the proprietary ROOTS Model — Reveal, Own, Orient, Transform, Sustain — we walk alongside you through a structured, faith-integrated coaching process designed to move you from hidden pain back to rooted identity, restored relationships, and renewed purpose.This track serves:Post-military veterans adjusting to civilian life
First responders carrying what they cannot put down
Faith community men — pastors, deacons, husbands, fathers — holding everyone else together while falling apart privatelyYou do not have to keep pretending you are fine. All sessions are conducted via telehealth.
LET'S CONNECT
Taking the first step is the hardest part. You don't have to have it all figured out before you reach out — you just have to be willing to start the conversation.Whether you are looking for pastoral counseling, coaching, or you're not sure which one is right for you, we are here to help you find your way.
Rooted in Grace is available to clients nationally and internationally via telehealth. All inquiries are confidential.To schedule a free 15-minute consultation or to ask a question, reach out using the details below.
