Gloria Frush

Gloria Frush is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 26 years of professional experience. She helps people facing addictions, bipolar disorder, depression, low self-esteem, and coping with major life changes. Gloria also focuses on issues like body image, caregiver stress, loneliness, money concerns, workplace difficulties, and life purpose.

She uses a strengths-based therapy approach that looks for what is already working for a person. Sessions emphasize practical steps that build on existing strengths. The principles of wellness and recovery are core to how she frames progress and setbacks.

Gloria aims to create an open environment where clients can talk about thoughts and feelings without judgment. Conversations typically look at specific patterns, practical options, and small changes clients can try between sessions. That makes the work feel concrete rather than abstract.

She draws on many evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address mood disorders and addictive behaviors, adapting strategies to the issues each person brings. Her method is collaborative: she and the client decide what to try and measure what helps.

Throughout her practice she has supported people through transitional periods, workplace stress, and questions about life purpose. The focus is on steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How Gloria applies evidence-based methods to online care

Gloria relies on a strengths-based framework alongside established, evidence-based techniques. Strengths-based work involves identifying the skills and resources a person already uses and expanding those abilities to manage stress, mood swings, or addictive urges. This approach helps people notice what they do well and try small, concrete experiments between sessions.

She also uses practical, problem-focused strategies common in evidence-based practice to address depression, bipolar symptoms, and addiction-related behaviors. Those strategies break larger issues into manageable steps, teach coping skills, and track which actions change mood or behavior. Clients and the therapist collaborate to choose and adjust techniques based on what proves useful.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gloria will help clients test options, weigh what fits their goals, and change course when something isn’t working. That collaborative process aims to match methods to a person’s needs and daily life.

Session format details were not specified in the biographical information. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. These practical benefits help therapy fit everyday routines without promising a particular outcome.