About Justin
Justin Cipkala-Gaffin is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. He invites clients to bring real concerns like grief, depression, and family conflict into sessions. He aims to make starting therapy a straightforward step rather than a daunting one.
He emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental environment where people can talk about feelings and thoughts openly. Sessions aim to identify practical steps that reduce immediate distress and build daily coping skills.
Background and approach
He encourages small, manageable changes rather than overwhelming plans. Justin uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. He draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to address upsetting thoughts and behaviors.
He also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice what matters most and act toward those values. When concerns involve relationships, parenting strain, or communication problems, sessions focus on clearer expression and setting helpful boundaries. For issues like sleep trouble, anger, or panic attacks, he works on routines and quick grounding strategies.
He also supports people navigating life transitions, career doubts, and questions about purpose. With seven years of experience at the master's level, Justin blends practical techniques with a direct, compassionate style. He works in English and accepts international clients for online formats.
He wants each person to leave sessions with something they can try between meetings.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Justin uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. He also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to help clients clarify values and take meaningful steps even when uncomfortable feelings remain. These approaches emphasize practical exercises you can try between meetings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. He will collaborate with each person to match methods to goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That process may involve trying a few techniques and adjusting as progress is tracked.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you work face-to-face and do exercises together. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins, quick coaching, and flexible ways to keep momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work from different places.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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