Gabriel Sarpong, LCPC

Gabriel Sarpong is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 11 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Gabriel also supports people facing career pressures and major life changes, including midlife transitions.

He uses practical, evidence-based methods and keeps conversations straightforward. Sessions often include goal-setting, skill building, and checking what is working in daily life. Gabriel pays attention to cultural background and workplace dynamics when those matters matter to the person in front of him.

People often come to him feeling stuck, isolated, or unsure how to move forward after loss or a big life shift. He works with each person to break down problems into clear steps. That might include small behavior changes, new ways of talking to oneself, or practicing acceptance of difficult feelings.

Gabriel draws from several approaches such as acceptance-based work, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and client-centered methods. He also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when useful. These tools are blended to fit what a person wants to accomplish in therapy.

Gabriel practices in Illinois and holds an IL LCPC credential. He offers sessions in English and does not accept international clients at this time. To begin, people use the platform Start Therapy process to match with him and schedule according to availability.

How Gabriel blends approaches for online work

Gabriel uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them, then choose actions that match their values. This approach can help with grief, emptiness, and major life transitions where acceptance and direction matter.

He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is often practical for anxiety, low self-esteem, and stress by teaching concrete skills and small behavior experiments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gabriel will discuss goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past, then recommend a blend of methods. Together you decide which strategies to try and adjust them over time based on what helps most.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also allows people to practice skills between meetings in the settings where real life happens, which can speed up learning and make changes more practical.