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Gloria Cooper, LPC

  • Experience15 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Gloria

Gloria Cooper is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who draws on 15 years of clinical experience to help people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship struggles, and other complex concerns.

Background and approach

She integrates Internal Family Systems thinking with cognitive and acceptance-based strategies to help clients identify unhelpful patterns, understand inner parts, and build practical coping skills that fit their lives. Her style emphasizes collaboration and a nonjudgmental listening stance where clients can explore difficult emotions at their own pace.

Gloria uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address negative thinking that fuels depression and anxiety, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support values-based change and emotional flexibility. She also brings attachment-informed perspectives to relationship and intimacy issues and adapts methods to address concerns such as eating and sleeping problems, addictions, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, self-harm, and trauma-related symptoms.

Clients can expect a therapeutic relationship focused on validation, skill building, and gradual growth toward personal goals. Her practice offers multiple online formats so people across Texas can access care in ways that fit their schedules and preferences.

Integrating evidence-based approaches in online care

Gloria uses Internal Family Systems ideas to help clients notice and dialogue with different inner parts or voices, which can clarify why certain patterns of thinking and feeling persist and ease internal conflicts. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used alongside this to help people clarify personal values and take committed action even when uncomfortable emotions arise. Attachment-based perspectives guide work on intimacy and relationship dynamics by exploring how early relational patterns shape present interactions and emotional responses.

Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist partners with clients to identify which methods feel most useful, adapts techniques to individual goals and preferences, and revises the plan as progress unfolds so care stays aligned with changing needs.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and maintain continuity of care. These formats support ongoing skills practice, real-time check-ins, and accessible ways to engage in therapy from different locations within Texas, helping clients sustain momentum between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Gloria commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar disorder, ADHD, self-harm, and parenting challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is collaborative and supportive, combining skills-based therapies with acceptance and parts-oriented perspectives so clients can build practical tools while exploring underlying emotions.
What kind of clinical experience does she have?
She brings 15 years of experience in counseling individuals and families across a variety of emotional, psychological, and social concerns.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the credential TX LPC 64406 practicing in Texas.
Does she provide services in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English; she is not listed as providing services in other languages or to international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients can connect by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to their preference and scheduling needs.
How is cost structured for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and services are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Gender dysphoriaHoardingJealousyMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPersonality disordersSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSexual assault and abuse

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English