Gladys Cano, LICSW

Gladys Cano is a licensed clinician who helps adults, couples, and families navigate challenging periods and pursue meaningful change. With a warm, respectful approach she draws on practical methods to guide clients toward greater balance and wellbeing, focusing on collaboration and strengths to support each person where they are.

Her clinical practice emphasizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and strengths-based therapy. These evidence-informed approaches are used to address stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.

She has provided counseling to English and Spanish speaking patients for more than 25 years and is attuned to the experiences of Latino immigrants adjusting to life in a new culture while raising families. Gladys brings additional experience from a 21-year career in the U.S. Army Reserves where she worked with soldiers and their families through the demands of deployments.

Gladys holds the LICSW credential, which indicates she is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. She earned a Master Degree in Clinical Social Worker from Boston University in 1994 and practices from Rhode Island, offering services to both local and international clients.

Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Work

Gladys Cano uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and problem-focused, often useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day challenges.

She also integrates Mindfulness techniques that teach present-moment awareness and stress management skills. Mindfulness can support emotional regulation, reduce rumination, and complement other therapeutic work to increase calm and focus.

In addition, Gladys draws from strengths-based therapy, which centers on a person’s resources and capacities to foster resilience and positive change. This approach is helpful for clients seeking to build confidence, improve relationships, and navigate life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Gladys will work with each person to explore which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility to meet by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and access care from different locations. Many people appreciate the convenience and continuity that remote sessions provide while working toward meaningful change with a licensed professional.