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Marci Gilpin

Calm-guided, strengths-focused psychotherapy

LCSW Virginia

Experience
20 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Family, Parenting
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Marci

Marci Gilpin, LCSW, brings two decades of clinical experience to her practice in Virginia, helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and complex family and relationship challenges.

Background and approach

She centers her work on each person's strengths and life context, paying close attention to how family dynamics, physical health, and spiritual concerns shape emotional wellbeing. Her background includes supporting clients through grief, sleep difficulties, attention challenges, infertility and adoption issues, and wide-ranging adjustments tied to life transitions.

Her approach blends practical, evidence-informed techniques with a compassionate, client-centered stance. Marci uses therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and EMDR alongside mindfulness and narrative elements to tailor care to individual needs.

She emphasizes collaborative goal-setting and helps clients translate insights into daily coping strategies, aiming to restore a sense of balance and improve functioning across relationships and roles. Sessions are offered through multiple online formats to fit varying schedules and preferences.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Marci often integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing practical behavioral changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and supports clients in exploring their values and goals while building on their existing strengths.

She may also draw on existential perspectives to help clients explore meaning, responsibility, and life choices when that fits their concerns. Across approaches she works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and the specific issues they bring to therapy rather than prescribing a single path at the outset.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible and flexible for busy lives. These options allow clients to engage in regular sessions, practice strategies between meetings, and keep momentum while balancing work, family, or health obligations. Licensed professionals can adapt therapeutic techniques effectively through these remote formats to support progress over time.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Marci commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, combining supportive listening with practical strategies from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help clients manage symptoms and meet goals.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping clients navigate family concerns, trauma recovery, grief, attention difficulties, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and what credential does she hold?
She holds the credential LCSW and is licensed in Virginia under VA LCSW 0904013073.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for therapy?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsParenting issuesCoping with life changesADHD

Also works with

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Virginia

Languages

English