About Gloria
Gloria Holland is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than 30 years of clinical experience. She uses practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, and struggles with self-esteem. Gloria speaks plainly and focuses on small, doable changes that reduce daily pressure.
Her work often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding. She also brings mindfulness practices into sessions to help with stress and with staying calm during difficult moments.
Background and approach
Trauma-focused approaches are used when past events continue to affect daily life. Gloria aims to build a welcoming space where people can talk through their feelings without judgment. She encourages clients to set clear, realistic goals and to practice skills between sessions.
Sessions include skill teaching, gentle reflection, and collaborative problem solving. Over three decades she has worked with a wide range of concerns, including issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, caregiving stress, and coping after illness or disaster. That breadth has shaped a flexible, commonsense style that adapts to each person’s needs.
Gloria describes therapy as a partnership where practical steps lead to gradual change. Her practice is based in Mississippi and she conducts sessions in English. She supports people who want steady, straightforward help for anxiety and related concerns.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Gloria commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT works well for anxiety, stress, and many habit-related concerns because it teaches clear steps people can practice between sessions.She also uses mindfulness therapy to help people learn grounding and breathing skills that reduce reactivity. Mindfulness is useful for calming the body and building steady attention during stressful moments. When past events continue to cause distress, trauma-focused therapy is used to gently process those memories and reduce their daily impact.
Figuring out which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods in session, and adjust plans based on what helps. Clients and the therapist work together to pick techniques that match needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports shorter or ongoing contact between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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