About Gloria
Dr. Gloria Aquino Sosa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 25 years of experience. She combines a warm, person-centered manner with direct, practical guidance.
Her work is grounded in listening closely and helping people find clearer paths forward. She uses approaches that help people tell their story and uncover patterns that matter. Sessions often focus on current life stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, and concerns about self-esteem and intimacy.
How Gloria works
She also supports people facing grief, addiction challenges, parenting stress, career crossroads, and trauma-related struggles. Her style is interactive and straightforward. She helps clients build self-awareness, identify strengths, and try small changes that make daily life easier.
Conversations can include exploring personal meaning, noticing recurring themes, and practicing mindful ways to respond when emotions run high. Dr. Sosa has worked in clinical, academic, and counseling roles across her career.
That background informs a practical approach that balances insight with action. She offers therapy in both English and Spanish to help people express themselves in the language they prefer. Her practice includes support for concerns such as abandonment, family of origin issues, communication difficulties, body image, and blended family challenges.
People seeking help are invited to begin with a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions that align with their needs and timing.
Gloria lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Gloria works with
The areas below are the ones Gloria selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space. The therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead to help people feel heard and understood, which can be useful for stress, self-esteem, and relationship concerns.Existential Therapy invites people to talk about meaning, choice, and life transitions. It helps when someone faces career crossroads, feelings of emptiness, or major life changes by examining values and personal purpose.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit best, matching techniques to each person's goals, needs, and comfort level. That shaping of the approach can shift as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deep discussions. Phone calls are good for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging can provide shorter check-ins, coaching-style support, or flexible exchanges between sessions. These options make it easier to work around work, caregiving, or travel demands while keeping therapy consistent.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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