About Gabriel
Gabriel Sarpong is an LCPC with 11 years of clinical experience who uses evidence-based methods to support people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem concerns.
Background and approach
He integrates approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to help clients clarify values, build practical coping skills, and increase emotional resilience. His practice also addresses career challenges and major life changes, offering strategies tailored to each person’s circumstances.
Gabriel’s work extends to a range of related concerns including abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric matters, cancer and caregiver stress, codependency, commitment and communication problems, substance use challenges, emptiness, fatherhood issues, forgiveness, and guilt or shame. He brings a respectful, empathetic stance that focuses on collaboration and measurable progress.
Based in Illinois, Gabriel offers sessions in English and aims to create a space where clients can explore personal goals, process loss, and strengthen coping skills using practical, research-informed techniques.
Evidence-Based Approaches Delivered Online
Gabriel uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients identify personal values and take action toward a meaningful life despite painful thoughts or feelings; this work often supports people coping with grief, emptiness, or major life transitions. He also employs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help individuals recognize and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can be effective for anxiety, stress, and self-esteem concerns. Client-Centered Therapy provides a supportive, nonjudgmental framework in which the person’s goals and pace guide the work.Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Gabriel collaborates with each client to determine which combination of methods fits their needs, goals, and preferences. He frames treatment as a partnership, adjusting strategies over time based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy with Gabriel is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, continue work during life transitions, and maintain momentum between in-person options. Licensed professionals can adapt these methods effectively in remote formats to support practical skill building and emotional processing.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English