Gabriel Sarpong, LCPC

Gabriel Sarpong is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 11 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. He offers straightforward support for common life struggles and practical steps to feel more grounded and capable.

He focuses on day-to-day challenges like career strain, coping with life changes, and relationship communication problems. Gabriel pays attention to how culture, identity, and work pressures shape a person's experience and meets people where they are. He also addresses issues tied to abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver strain, and aging and geriatric issues.

In sessions he uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. Gabriel draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking patterns, and Client-Centered Therapy to offer empathic listening and reflection. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and Motivational Interviewing when they fit the situation.

His work centers on building practical skills and clearer choices. People can expect simple tools for managing anxiety, short-term strategies for pressing problems, and ongoing support for longer transitions. Gabriel aims to create a respectful, direct space where goals are set together.

Gabriel practices in Illinois as an IL LCPC and works in English. To begin, readers should follow the site’s Start Therapy flow to match and schedule sessions.

How Gabriel’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify what matters most and take concrete steps toward those values, even when emotions are painful. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and navigating life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear exercises and practice between sessions, which can reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and reflection to help people feel heard and to clarify goals and priorities.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Gabriel will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their situation. If something does not feel helpful, he will adjust the plan in collaboration with the client.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, since specific options are not listed in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when time is limited, and use exercises between meetings. These practical benefits can help people maintain momentum while addressing stress, grief, self-esteem, and aging-related concerns.