Gloria Cullinane, LMFT
Therapist in California
Gloria Cullinane, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with four decades of clinical experience.
- Licensed inCalifornia
- License21306
- NPI 1740400787
- Experience40+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Gloria
Gloria Cullinane, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with four decades of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and career-related concerns. Her manner is warm and steady, aiming to make difficult topics easier to talk about and manage.
Gloria uses attachment-based ideas alongside client-centered care to help people understand how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions.
Background and approach
She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and emotion-focused work to help people notice unhelpful patterns and practice different ways of responding. Sessions are conversational and practical, with attention to what the person wants to change. Her long experience includes working with issues such as abandonment, communication problems, control issues, and isolation or loneliness.
She also supports people dealing with body image, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and midlife transitions. Gloria pays attention to how mood, shame, and guilt can affect everyday choices. In sessions she helps clients set clear goals and build small, usable skills for coping and decision making.
She encourages exploration of life purpose, financial stress, and impulses in ways that connect thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Progress is tracked through real-life steps between sessions. Gloria offers a respectful, nonjudgmental space for people who want steady guidance through change.
Her work combines relationship-focused insight with concrete tools to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Credentials
- LMFT (California)
- License 21306 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1740400787 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gloria lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Gloria names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment and evidence-based therapies work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current feelings and expectations. Online sessions can use this approach to map patterns in relationships and practice new ways of connecting and reacting. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist - listening, reflecting, and following the client’s pace to build insight and self-direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with more helpful ones; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Gloria will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then try methods that fit. Goals and techniques are reviewed together so the work stays practical and relevant to daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging offer quick, ongoing touchpoints between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules, travel, or differing comfort levels with being on camera.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and career worries, plus related issues like abandonment, communication problems, and isolation.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered conversation and practical exercises from CBT and emotion-focused work.
How much experience does she have?
Gloria brings 40 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and life-transition concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - based in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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