About Justin
Justin Cipkala-Gaffin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who centers his work on practical, person-focused therapy. He draws on several approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. Justin aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and understandable.
He creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about difficult thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on developing skills to cope with panic, mood shifts, sleep problems, and impulsivity.
How Justin works
He also helps with caregiving stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue so daily life feels less overwhelming. Justin uses methods that help people notice what matters most and take small, doable steps toward that life. He helps clients build clearer communication, address family problems, and manage anger or control issues.
Work can include practical strategies for ADHD, support around autism and Asperger Syndrome, and guidance on career and life purpose questions. Clients may also bring trauma, post-traumatic stress, guilt, or shame, and he offers steady support while they process those experiences. Sessions can include goal-focused coaching alongside therapy to support coping with big life changes.
His style is direct but empathetic, with an emphasis on real skills people can use between sessions. With seven years of experience at the master's level, Justin blends evidence-based approaches with an attentive, down-to-earth manner. He welcomes people who are ready to take practical steps toward feeling better and finding clearer direction.
Justin lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- 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
What Justin works with
The areas below are the ones Justin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Approach-driven care through online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying personal values and taking committed actions toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, grief, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, and sleep disruption. Client-Centered Therapy centers the session on the person that your goals guide the work and that the therapist offers empathic listening and practical feedback.Figuring out which approaches fit best is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That can mean using ACT exercises one week, pairing CBT tools the next, or taking a client-centered stance to simply listen and reflect while plans form.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people work visually and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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