About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Sumpolec is a licensed clinician who helps adults who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, or relationship struggles. He draws on more than two decades of experience to offer steady, practical support for people trying to regain balance in daily life. His approach centers on clear, collaborative conversation.
He listens for patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behavior and helps clients test new ways of responding. Sessions focus on building useful skills, strengthening relationships, and clarifying what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Jeffrey uses several evidence-based methods to guide his work, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused conversations. He aims to make strategies simple to use between sessions so changes carry into real life. He also pays attention to attachment concerns and the way early relationships shape current interactions.
That perspective is helpful for people who struggle with intimacy, loneliness, or repeating relational patterns. Jeffrey is licensed as an LPCC and an LPC and practices in California. He offers sessions in English and sees international clients as well.
He has 22 years of clinical experience and works with people facing addictions, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, and life transitions. People typically start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Approaches for online anxiety and relationship work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on actions that match their values. It can be useful when anxiety or avoidance gets in the way of living the way someone wants.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thinking patterns and tests new ways of interpreting situations. This approach is often used for panic, phobias, social anxiety, obsessive thoughts, and low mood because it provides concrete skills to change reactions.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections. It helps people understand their ways of relating and try different, healthier responses in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jeffrey will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. He adapts techniques over time and checks in to see what is helping and what needs to change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins and ongoing support between longer appointments. These options add flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapy consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- California, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Ohio
- Languages
- English
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