About Gloria
Gloria Whelchel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arizona with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She works with concerns such as bipolar symptoms, low self-esteem, and the emotional effects of abuse. Gloria aims to make the first steps feel doable and straightforward for someone who is worried or unsure.
Her approach is warm and respectful. She listens carefully and adapts conversations to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical skills and clearer understanding, not medical labels or quick fixes. Gloria uses several approaches to guide sessions. She draws on mindfulness and acceptance strategies to help people notice difficult feelings without getting overwhelmed.
She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape current struggles. Dialectical behavior therapy tools appear when emotional regulation and impulsivity are a concern. Client-centered techniques help center the person’s goals and choices during the work.
She often addresses issues tied to abandonment, codependency, communication problems, control struggles, dissociation, and relationship endings. Gloria also helps people facing feelings of emptiness, guilt, jealousy, or a midlife reevaluation. The tone in sessions is empathetic and goal-oriented.
Gloria works with each person to build a realistic plan and practical strategies to move toward a more satisfying life.
Therapeutic approaches adaptable to online care
Gloria commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. That approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life-direction questions. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationship patterns affect trust, connection, and emotional responses; this is helpful for codependency, abandonment concerns, and relationship stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gloria treats the choice of methods as a collaborative decision and adjusts based on the person’s needs, goals, and how they respond. She will discuss options and try different techniques to see what actually helps most in sessions.
Online therapy with video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, while phone sessions can fit a short break from work or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or when typing feels more comfortable. These formats help people keep progress steady while fitting counseling into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English