About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Finkbiner is a licensed professional counselor who brings 30 years of clinical experience to sessions. He focuses on practical steps people can take to reduce stress and manage anxiety. He listens first, then helps clients identify the next small moves that feel doable.
He uses client-centered work to prioritize each person's values and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps him and the client notice patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness offer tools for emotional regulation and staying present during hard moments. Jeffrey has worked with people facing grief, trauma, depression, addiction, and major life changes. He also addresses problems like sleep trouble, anger, low self-esteem, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
His practice includes support for issues tied to aging, caregiving, chronic illness, and family of origin wounds. Sessions may include straightforward skill teaching, gentle reflection, and planning steps to try between meetings. He encourages clients to shape the pace and focus of therapy so it fits their life.
Over the years he has developed a steady, flexible way of working that rests on clear communication and mutual decision making. Jeffrey offers help in English and sees clients in Pennsylvania as well as people outside the country. He provides online options such as video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered work focuses on your priorities and values and helps shape sessions around what matters to you. It is useful when you want someone to listen closely and help you decide practical next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses clear exercises to spot unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and then test new ways of responding. It is often helpful for anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood because it gives concrete skills to practice between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers techniques for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance. Mindfulness practices are often used alongside DBT to build attention and calm during stressful moments.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and daily life. That conversation guides whether sessions lean more toward skills practice, emotional processing, or problem solving.
Online therapy makes scheduling more flexible. Video calls let you use visual cues and longer session work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief, on-the-go support and allow tracking progress in writing. Together these formats help therapy fit into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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