Monique Gilcrest
Therapy that focuses on practical family and life needs
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Monique
Monique Gilcrest is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel practical and approachable for someone juggling family needs and life demands. Her work often centers on improving coping skills and strengthening self-esteem so daily life feels more manageable.
She uses a mix of well-established methods to match what each person needs. Sessions focus on useful tools - learning to reframe unhelpful thoughts, practicing skills to handle strong emotions, and clarifying values to guide decisions.
Background and approach
Monique also pays attention to difficult experiences such as trauma, grief, or major life changes and helps clients find steady ways forward. With eight years of clinical experience and the LPC credential, Monique offers care rooted in evidence-based techniques. She tailors plans to the person rather than applying one fixed method.
That means therapy can include teaching practical skills, exploring relationship patterns, or supporting meaning-making during hard times. Monique practices in South Carolina and conducts sessions in English. She accepts international clients and offers several online options to fit different schedules and needs.
Costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a prospective client uses the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules based on therapist availability. This process helps align goals and pick a convenient time for the first session.
Approaches and how online therapy fits your life
Monique uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns so they can act differently and feel better. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing stress by teaching clear, step-by-step skills.She also draws from Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which focuses on understanding and shifting emotional responses in close relationships. EFT can help when emotions and connection get stuck and people want clearer communication and closeness.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Monique talks with each client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods and adapt the plan as progress and needs change so therapy stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers several ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions around family schedules, work, and caregiving responsibilities. The variety also lets people pick a format that feels comfortable for practicing new skills and keeping consistent contact with a licensed professional.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
Next step
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