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01About Gloria
Dr. Gloria Aquino Sosa is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan with 25 years of clinical experience. She brings a warm, person-centered style to sessions and focuses on practical, real-life concerns.
She speaks English and Spanish and uses a mix of approaches to meet each person's needs. Dr. Sosa helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and career or relationship struggles.
She supports those coping with grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Parenting challenges, ADHD, and life transitions are also common topics she addresses. Her style is sincere and interactive. Sessions tend to be conversational, rooted in listening, reflection, and collaborative planning.
She aims to help clients notice patterns, name strengths, and try small changes that feel doable day to day. Dr. Sosa has a background that includes psychotherapy, academic advising, and life strategy work.
She has spent many years working with BIPOC and bilingual Spanish-speaking people facing discrimination, immigration stress, and intercultural concerns. That experience informs how she approaches systems, culture, and identity in therapy. She blends client-centered, narrative, psychodynamic, existential, Jungian, and mindfulness ideas to shape treatment.
Together with each person she builds goals and a practical plan for growth. The work focuses on increasing self-awareness, improving communication, and strengthening coping skills.
02Credentials
- LPC (Michigan)
- License 6401006780 · expires October 2027
- NPI
- 1265189021 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gloria lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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
Methods Gloria names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Gloria names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches for online healing and personal growth
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in the room. The therapist listens deeply, reflects feelings, and helps people clarify what matters to them. This approach supports issues like low self-esteem, relationship decisions, and life transitions by emphasizing understanding and respect.Narrative therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves. Together the therapist and client separate problems from identity and rewrite unhelpful patterns. This can help when someone feels stuck by labels such as depression, emptiness, or long-standing family roles.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple skills to notice thought and body states without getting swept away. These practices can reduce reactivity to stress and improve focus, which is useful for anxiety, anger, and ADHD-related difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then tailor methods collaboratively. People often mix elements from several approaches as needs change over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and work well for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can support ongoing coaching, quick reflections between sessions, or when writing helps process feelings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and busy schedules.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and career struggles, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem, parenting challenges, ADHD, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is sincere, person-centered, and interactive. Sessions are conversational and focus on listening, reflection, and practical steps.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist, academic counselor, and life strategist, including long-term work with BIPOC and bilingual Spanish-speaking people.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Michigan and holds an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor.
Can sessions be done in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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