Gloria Cullinane , LMFT

Gloria Cullinane is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California with 40 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and career or life-transition stress. Gloria aims to make therapy straightforward and practical so people can take small steps toward feeling better.

Her work often connects emotional patterns to relationship history and personal values. She uses approaches that focus on attachment, emotions, and present-day thinking to help people understand why they react the way they do. Sessions typically involve talking through difficult moments, practicing new ways to cope, and trying exercises that can be used between visits.

Gloria brings long experience supporting concerns that commonly affect women, including body image, midlife transitions, caregiver strain, and struggles with self-worth. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, communication problems, control struggles, and isolation. Her practice supports people managing both practical challenges and painful feelings.

Therapy with her tends to be collaborative and paced to each person's needs. She listens for patterns in relationships and mood, then helps clients test new responses. Over time the focus is on clearer priorities, calmer responses, and better day-to-day functioning.

People who reach out can expect a respectful, down-to-earth approach. Gloria explains options in simple terms and works with each person to set realistic goals for change.

Online approaches that focus on relationships and emotion

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people who notice repeating cycles in their close relationships and want to change how they respond. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and priorities, offering a space where concerns are heard and explored at the client's pace. This approach can help with building self-trust and clearer decision making. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it offers practical tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors for mood and anxiety symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Gloria will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That process often includes trying techniques from different approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues and work in real time. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging offer short check-ins and ongoing support between meetings. These options increase flexibility for scheduling, steady progress, and staying connected with a licensed professional from wherever a person is located.