Glenda Dillingham, LMFT

Glenda Dillingham is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience. She helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and LGBT concerns. Her approach centers on respectful, sensitive interactions that meet each person where they are.

Glenda adapts conversations and plans to fit a person’s specific needs. She uses practical strategies to address everyday thoughts and habits that get in the way. Sessions involve listening, gentle questioning, and collaboratively setting small, achievable steps.

Her work draws on attachment-focused ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking. Emotion-focused methods are used when stronger feelings need to be named and worked through.

Glenda has supported people dealing with grief, hospice and end-of-life concerns, first responder and veteran issues, gender dysphoria, and non-monogamous relationship challenges. She also addresses obsessions, compulsions, paranoia, infidelity, jealousy, and multicultural concerns.

People can expect a calm, straightforward tone and a focus on practical change. The therapist emphasizes collaboration and empowerment, helping clients build healthier routines and clearer thinking patterns.

How attachment, CBT, and emotion work online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions. It helps when worries and habits come from repeated ways of relating to others.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing different ways of thinking and behaving. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and repetitive worry. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps name and process strong feelings so people can change how they respond in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy day. If you need lighter contact on some weeks a shorter check-in can be arranged, or a conversation without video can be used when bandwidth is limited. The biography did not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can help people practice new thinking and habits between meetings, making change easier to maintain.