About Sirpa
Sirpa Cossaboon is a licensed professional counselor who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. She greets new clients with calm encouragement and simple steps to begin. Signing up for therapy is framed as a brave first move rather than a test.
Her style centers on listening first and tailoring the work to each person’s needs. Sessions focus on what matters to the client now.
Background and approach
Conversations are direct but gentle, aimed at understanding patterns and shifting what gets in the way of better days. Sirpa draws on practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients notice difficult feelings and move toward meaningful goals.
Attachment-based perspectives guide work around abandonment, communication problems, and struggles with trust. That approach looks at how past relationships shape current reactions and helps people choose different responses in close connections. Sessions also reflect client-centered values: the therapist follows the person’s lead and prioritizes empathy and understanding.
Over ten years of experience inform this straightforward, caring approach to problems including panic, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress. Sirpa is licensed as an LPC and holds LPC-MH status. She practices in Pennsylvania and offers therapy in English focused on practical help, clear next steps, and steady support as clients work toward change.
Using ACT, CBT, and Attachment Work in Online Sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match their values and goals. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and finding direction when life feels uncertain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like panic and low mood. It gives practical steps people can try between sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current reactions, and it helps people change how they connect and communicate in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. That collaboration means techniques can shift over time as progress is made and new issues arise.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you use face-to-face interaction for deeper conversations, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is tiring, and live chat or text messaging provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum on days when a full session feels like too much.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Delaware
- Languages
- English