- CBT methods
- Attachment focus
- Emotion work
About Gloria
Gloria Cullinane is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 40 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career questions, and depression. Gloria also addresses life purpose, midlife transitions, and issues such as attachment, abandonment, and caregiver stress.
Gloria blends Client-Centered methods with practical techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. Sessions focus on understanding what led to feeling stuck and on learning skills to manage difficult emotions and patterns. She draws on faith-informed values when clients indicate that perspective is important to them.
Her work often includes looking at how relationships and attachment shape current problems. That can mean talking through communication patterns, setting boundaries, or processing past hurts that still affect daily life. She also helps people facing money worries, divorce and separation, guilt, or shame to sort priorities and next steps.
Gloria uses strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotion regulation and impulsivity are concerns. For career or life-purpose questions she combines practical problem solving with conversations about meaning and values. Treatment plans are developed in collaboration with the person in the room.
People can expect straightforward, paced sessions that focus on present concerns and workable changes. Gloria’s long experience includes supporting those dealing with isolation, body image, and forgiveness work. She conducts sessions in English and practices in California as an LMFT.
How Gloria’s approaches shape online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy centers on understanding how early relationship patterns affect current feelings and reactions. It helps people see recurring interaction styles and try different ways of relating, which is useful for issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, and communication problems.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels understood and can make their own choices. This approach supports people who are questioning career direction, life purpose, or handling grief by prioritizing their values and goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thought and behavior patterns that keep problems in place. It offers concrete tools for anxiety, mood problems, and stress management through simple exercises and practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. This is a collaborative process where techniques are adjusted based on what helps most.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm available session types before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow using materials and exercises during sessions to practice skills for emotion regulation, communication, and decision making.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
40+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career questions, and depression. Additional focus areas include life purpose, attachment issues, and caregiver stress.
How would she approach someone feeling stuck in life?
She uses Client-Centered conversation alongside CBT and EFT techniques to identify patterns and small, practical changes. Sessions mix reflection with skill-building for emotion regulation and decision making.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 40 years of experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life-transition issues. That history informs her practical, paced style in sessions.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California. Sessions are conducted in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted. Sessions are offered in English to clients located in California.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know how she meets with clients.
How does pricing work for therapy with her?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing should be confirmed before scheduling.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. Those steps start the intake and scheduling process.
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