Dr. Gloria Aquino Sosa , LPC

Dr. Gloria Aquino Sosa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan with 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist, academic and personal counselor, and life strategist. Her work spans a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting and blended family issues, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, career transitions, self-esteem, ADHD, and many other life changes. She brings long-term clinical experience working with individuals who have faced physical trauma, emotional abuse, severe and persistent mental illness, and the everyday strains of career disillusionment and feelings of emptiness.

Her therapeutic approach is sincere, person-centered, authentic, and interactive. She combines relational cultural perspectives with strengths-based, narrative, humanistic, and psychodynamic ideas to tailor treatment plans to each person’s needs and goals. Dr. Aquino Sosa has substantial experience serving BIPOC and bilingual Spanish-speaking communities, including people navigating immigration, intercultural challenges, and systems of oppression and discrimination.

Outside of clinical work she is a musician who has played in working rock bands for the last 16 years. Her practice emphasizes mutual respect, sensitivity, and compassion as foundations for cultivating self-awareness, resilience, and practical strategies for meeting life’s challenges.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space in which the person’s own goals and strengths guide the work. It emphasizes empathy and collaboration and is often helpful for relationship concerns, self-esteem, and navigating life transitions.

Narrative Therapy helps people explore the stories they tell about themselves and their lives, separating problems from identity and making room for alternative, empowering narratives. This approach can be useful for coping with trauma, addiction, grief, and patterns of relationship or family conflict.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches skills for staying present and noticing thoughts and feelings without becoming overwhelmed by them. These practices support anxiety and stress management, emotional regulation, and improving focus in day-to-day life.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist will work collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals tailor techniques over time as circumstances change and progress is made.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling, access from different locations, and options to choose the format that feels most comfortable. Many people find this variety makes it easier to maintain continuity of care and incorporate therapy into busy or changing lives.