Marci Gilpin, LCSW - Therapist in Virginia

About Marci

Marci Gilpin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twenty years of practice in Virginia. She focuses on family and parenting concerns while helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life adjustments. Marci grounds her work in practical support that fits everyday family life.

She meets clients where they are and encourages steady, usable changes rather than quick fixes. Her sessions emphasize family and environmental context. Marci pays attention to how relationships, caregiving roles, and home routines affect feelings and behavior.

Background and approach

She draws on clear tools to address sleep problems, anger, attention differences, and communication struggles. Clients can expect straightforward guidance and concrete strategies they can try between sessions. Marci uses several evidence-based approaches.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used when trauma or painful memories are in the way of healing. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and values so therapy stays relevant to daily life.

She has worked with people facing infertility, adoption and foster care questions, blended family issues, and caregiver stress. Marci also supports those dealing with chronic illness, codependency, or family of origin concerns. Her practice pays attention to practical problems alongside emotional needs.

Sessions are offered in English and arranged to fit each household’s schedule. Marci emphasizes collaboration and clear steps, helping parents and family members build routines and better communication over time.

Therapeutic approaches suited to online family work

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person and their family priorities. It focuses on listening, understanding what matters most, and helping people set goals that fit their lives. This approach can help when parents or caregivers need support shaping routines or improving day-to-day interactions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions include practical exercises and small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or handle anger. CBT is helpful for clear problems that benefit from step-by-step strategies.

EMDR is a trauma-focused method used when past painful memories interfere with current life. It aims to reduce the emotional charge of those memories so people can move forward. This approach is chosen when trauma is a central concern and when the client and therapist agree it fits the work.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Clients can expect a shared plan that may combine elements from different approaches to meet family and parenting needs.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when schedules or distance make in-person visits hard. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging add convenience for quick check-ins, follow-up, or when families need a less formal option. These formats help fit therapy into busy home lives and make ongoing support more accessible.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Marci help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting and family problems, ADHD, sleep and anger issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, career stress, compassion fatigue, and related areas like adoption and caregiver stress.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is practical and person-focused. Sessions aim for clear steps and strategies while honoring each family’s values and needs.

How much experience does she have?

She has twenty years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and family challenges.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, credential listed as VA LCSW 0904013073, and practices in Virginia.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by clicking the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Parenting issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 20 years
Licensed: Virginia
Languages: English

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