Gloria Whitcraft, LMFT

Gloria Whitcraft is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Indiana with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people coping with relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and depression. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at helping people find clearer ways forward.

Gloria sees each person as the expert on their own life. She builds on strengths clients already have and helps them use those strengths to handle current challenges. Sessions move at a pace that fits the person and focus on skills that can be used between meetings.

Her work frequently addresses caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, and feelings of isolation or loneliness. She also supports people managing mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety and phobia. Conversation and practical exercises are used to reduce symptoms and improve relationships.

Gloria draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also uses the Gottman Method when relationship patterns are a concern. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented, with simple tools to practice outside sessions.

Overall, Gloria aims to create a calm, focused space where people can sort out next steps. She encourages small, steady changes and helps people track progress toward clearer communication and improved mood.

How Gloria’s Approaches Work Online

Gloria integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods to guide online work. CBT focuses on noticing thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve mood, which helps with depression, anxiety, and trauma-related reactions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, validation, and working at the client’s pace to build confidence and clarity in decision making.

She may also draw from the Gottman Method when relationship patterns and communication need attention. That approach looks at interaction habits and teaches concrete skills for clearer conversation and fewer conflicts. Choosing an approach is a team effort - the therapist and client will decide together what fits best based on goals and preferences.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets people see and respond to nonverbal cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, and chat or messaging is useful for brief updates and practical coaching between meetings. These options provide flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and daily life while keeping treatment focused on real change.