Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
How Gloria works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Gloria
Dr. Gloria Aquino Sosa is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 25 years of experience. She combines a direct, person-centered style with practical strategies to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, and life transitions.
She listens first to understand each person's story, then partners to identify clear goals and small steps forward. Sessions are conversational and interactive, with attention to strengths and real-world coping skills.
Background and approach
Dr. Sosa also offers guidance around career concerns, parenting stress, addiction challenges, and issues related to identity and intimacy. Her background includes work as a psychotherapist, academic, personal counselor, and life strategist.
That mix has shaped a flexible approach that blends narrative, psychodynamic, and humanistic ideas. She has extensive experience supporting BIPOC and bilingual Spanish speakers facing discrimination, immigration-related stress, and intercultural challenges. Music has been a lifelong part of her life, and she brings creativity and relational warmth into the room.
She helps people recover from emotional and physical trauma, navigate grief and abandonment issues, and address patterns like codependency and control struggles. Dr. Sosa aims to help people build self-awareness and practical coping tools.
Together with each person she creates a plan tailored to their needs and pace. The work focuses on finding inner strengths and sensible steps toward greater stability and meaning.
What Gloria works with
Everything Gloria lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Gloria's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gloria lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and meeting each person where they are. The therapist uses empathy and open conversation to help people clarify goals and make practical changes, which fits issues like stress, relationship strain, and self-esteem concerns.Mindfulness therapy emphasizes noticing thoughts and body sensations without judgment. This approach teaches simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce reactivity and support managing anger, anxiety, and everyday stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals, comfort, and what feels useful. Plans are adjusted over time as needs change.
Online formats provide practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth or not being on camera is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, coaching-style support, or days when a shorter exchange fits a busy schedule.
These options make it simpler to keep regular contact and continue progress even with tight schedules, travel, or shifting routines. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques across these formats so the work stays focused and goal-oriented.
Questions people ask about Gloria
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, grief, trauma, addiction concerns, parenting stress, career challenges, self-esteem, ADHD, and related issues.
How would you describe the therapy style and approach?
The style is person-centered, sincere, and interactive. Approaches include narrative, psychodynamic, existential, mindfulness, and Jungian ideas to shape talk and insight work.
What is her professional background and experience?
She has 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist, academic, personal counselor, and life strategist, working with a broad range of concerns and populations.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Michigan and provides services consistent with that credential.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.