Gloria Cullinane, LMFT
California · 40 years in practice
Gloria Cullinane is a licensed marriage and family therapist with four decades of experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 21306 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1740400787 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
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About Gloria
Gloria Cullinane is a licensed marriage and family therapist with four decades of experience. She focuses on helping people cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and work-related stress. Gloria aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can talk about what’s most painful and start to make small changes.
Her work draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based ideas to look at how early and present relationships shape feelings. She also uses client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on the person's goals.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used when practical skills can reduce distress. Gloria often helps people dealing with abandonment wounds, attachment concerns, body image struggles, and caregiver stress. She also supports those facing divorce or separation, financial strain, midlife questions, and isolation.
Conversations cover both immediate coping and longer-term meaning and purpose. With a practical, down-to-earth style, she breaks larger problems into manageable steps. Sessions include talking, skill practice, and reflecting on patterns that repeat in relationships.
Gloria explains options plainly and tailors the pace to each person. She practices in California and offers services in English. Her LMFT credential is listed as CA LMFT.
For people unsure how to begin, she guides them through the first scheduling and matching steps so therapy fits their life.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on identifying and reshaping emotional responses. It helps people understand what their feelings are trying to tell them and build new ways of connecting with difficult emotions, which can ease anxiety and improve relationships.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how earlier relationships influence present behavior and expectations. It helps people notice repeating patterns, name unmet needs, and practice different ways of relating to others that feel safer and more satisfying.
Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person's own goals and pace. The therapist listens without judgment and follows the client's lead so sessions feel respectful and relevant.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gloria collaborates with each person to choose or combine methods based on their goals, concerns, and comfort with online formats. This is a shared process that may shift as needs change.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like scheduling flexibility and easier access from different locations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, reflective writing, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options help fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the focus on progress and skill building.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
Gloria helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career stress, and depression. She also works on related issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, and caregiver strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening. Practical CBT and DBT techniques are added when skill-building will help.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 40 years of clinical experience to her practice, including work with people facing midlife transitions, relationship challenges, and mood disorders.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, listed as CA LMFT, and she practices in California.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Those options offer flexibility for different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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