- ACT methods
- CBT skills
- Motivational interviewing
About Gabriel
Gabriel Sarpong is an Illinois LCPC with 11 years of clinical experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem concerns. He focuses on practical support for career questions and coping with life changes, including challenges tied to adoption, caregiving, addiction, and health issues.
He works directly with people who feel stuck after a major change such as job loss, illness, or shifting family roles. Sessions center on clear goals and skills people can use between meetings. Gabriel uses several evidence-based approaches to help clients manage emotions and make decisions about what matters next.
His style emphasizes listening closely to each person’s circumstances and priorities. He often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to reduce avoidance and increase workable action. Motivational Interviewing is used when people are weighing change or feeling uncertain about next steps.
Gabriel has helped clients address practical problems such as communication struggles, control issues, and codependency. He also supports those dealing with grief, guilt, and emotional emptiness after loss or life transitions. His background includes work around aging and geriatric concerns, cancer, HIV/AIDS, and fatherhood issues.
Sessions aim to produce manageable strategies for everyday life, like decision-making steps, coping tools for anxiety, and ways to rebuild confidence. People leave with simple exercises and a plan for testing changes between sessions. If you are unsure what comes next, Gabriel focuses on helping you clarify options and try concrete steps forward.
Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then taking committed action toward what matters. It is often used when people feel stuck or are avoiding hard feelings while wanting to move forward.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to test unhelpful thoughts, reduce anxiety, and change behaviors that get in the way of goals.
Motivational Interviewing supports people who are unsure about change by exploring ambivalence and strengthening personal motivation. It is useful when someone feels torn about decisions like career moves or substance use changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gabriel will discuss these methods with each person and agree on what to try based on goals and preferences. The client and therapist collaborate to adjust methods if something is not working.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time. Gabriel aims to help clients apply therapy skills to everyday situations and to test changes between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include caregiving stress, addiction, parenthood issues, and medical-related concerns.
How would he approach feeling stuck?
He uses practical, evidence-based tools such as ACT and CBT to reduce avoidance and test small changes. Sessions aim to identify next steps and skills to use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 11 years of experience working with adults on a range of life and health-related challenges.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He holds the LCPC credential and practices in Illinois.
Does he conduct sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with him?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are used for sessions?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.