About Gloria
Gloria Whelchel helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. She focuses on practical support for emotional pain and everyday struggles. Gloria approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Gloria uses clear, person-focused conversation to understand what's most pressing. She works with clients to set small, doable goals and to build skills that reduce overwhelm. Sessions are shaped to fit each individual's needs rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan.
How Gloria works
Her work draws on several evidence-based approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, attachment-focused work, client-centered care, and mindfulness practices. These methods help with emotional regulation, improving relationships, and processing difficult memories and feelings. With 20 years as a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC in Arizona, Gloria blends practical skill-building with a warm, nonjudgmental style.
She pays attention to patterns like codependency, control issues, dissociation, and problems with trust or abandonment. This helps people gain clearer choices and more stable moods. Gloria also supports people coping with life transitions such as divorce, midlife questions, or feelings of emptiness and isolation.
She offers help for forgiveness, managing guilt or shame, impulsivity, jealousy, and finding purpose. Her goal is to help clients move toward a more balanced day-to-day life.
Gloria lists 6 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use online and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing small actions that match personal values. This is useful for anxiety, avoidance, and finding direction. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. It helps when emotions feel overwhelming or when impulsive reactions cause problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns from the past and how they show up now, helping people build more stable ways of connecting and trusting others.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Gloria will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. Together you can adjust methods over time based on what feels most helpful and what produces real change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you have face-to-face conversation when that feels important. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, travel, or different time zones while keeping the focus on practical progress and skill building.
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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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