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Cynthia Gladyness, LMSW

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Grief Depression
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About me

Ms. Cynthia is a Licensed Professional Social Worker, with the State of Michigan. She has been providing mental health counseling and support for over 20 years. She uses an Integrative approach, with an emphasis on Cognitive Behavioral and Solution Focused Therapy. Her counseling experience is primarily with adults, couples, families and groups who have social, emotional, and mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, anger, grief, trauma, self-esteem, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. Her core beliefs, values, feelings of self-worth, esteem, and identity are deeply grounded in her faith and spirituality.
Ms. Cynthia works in her private practice, she is a dedicated spouse, mother, leader, coach and mentor. When she is not working she enjoys spending time with family and friends, regular meditation, rest, reading, watching TV, movies, and other forms of entertainment. Ms. Cynthia has a Masters of Social Work from Western Michigan University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Aquinas College.

Professional experience

26yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Grief Depression

Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Blended family issues, Cancer, Commitment issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Infidelity, Jealousy, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Multicultural concerns, Personality disorders, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

MI LMSW 6801078052

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Cynthia Gladyness. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Dr. Cynthia is a very professional therapist she always listens and provides solutions and ideas. She helped me a lot understand myself, now I am aware of the things that I have dealing with for the past few years that I need work on. I highly recommend working with her!

Written on Dec 20, 2024 after therapy with Cynthia for 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes

Cynthia is a very good listener . She understands my concerns & provides me with appropriate tools

Written on Dec 19, 2024 after therapy with Cynthia for 3 years and 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, anger management, and coping with life changes

Cynthia listens and redirects me when I get off track. Her advise is so helpful in getting me to focus on me and not everyone else's problems. Thanks Cynthia

Written on Dec 17, 2024 after therapy with Cynthia for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, parenting issues, coping with life changes, and coaching

She's great

Written on Nov 22, 2024 after therapy with Cynthia for 3 months on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues

Very professional and knowledgeable plus trustworthy.

Written on Nov 21, 2024 after therapy with Cynthia for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue

Great sessions thus far with Cynthia! Impactful worksheets, group session recommendations & personal tips rooted in faith . Cynthia is very raw , a great listener , humorous & uses a gentle but assertive delivery. Looking forward to future sessions !

Written on Nov 01, 2024 after therapy with Cynthia for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, sleeping disorders, and anger management