Gigi Muir, LPCC

Gigi Muir is an Ohio-based counselor with 28 years of experience. She holds an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - and has spent much of her career helping people manage addiction, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Her manner is relaxed and straightforward, with an emphasis on practical steps clients can use right away.

Over the years she worked in addiction settings and spent a decade at a community mental health agency. That mix gave her a lot of exposure to mood disorders, trauma, and the everyday problems people bring when life shifts suddenly. She draws on that background when people bring worries about work, relationships, parenting, or substance use.

In sessions she listens first, then helps people set clear goals. She uses approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work to identify patterns and try small, testable changes. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in her practice when they fit a person's needs.

Clients can expect a calm, down-to-earth style and a focus on what is useful now. Gigi helps people build skills for coping with stress, panic, low mood, and relationship friction. Conversations aim to be practical and to leave people with tools they can use between appointments.

She works with a broad range of issues including addictions, parenting strain, intimacy-related concerns, anger, bipolar and other mood disorders, grief around life transitions, and challenges tied to aging. Sessions are offered in English and arranged from her Ohio practice.

Practical approaches for online counseling

Gigi commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety, depression, and panic. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around each person's goals and pace. Mindfulness therapy is used to build awareness and calm when stress, anger, or intense emotions get in the way.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. She will discuss your needs and preferences and together you will pick approaches and short-term goals to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods if something does not feel like a good fit.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video allows face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, phone can work when bandwidth is low or you need a shorter check-in, and chat or text can fit into busy days or provide quick focused support. These options let people fit counseling around work, parenting, or health needs while working on the same practical skills used in in-person care.