Marci Gilpin, LCSW

Marci Gilpin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of practice in Virginia. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. Her work emphasizes practical steps people can use right away. She pays attention to how family and daily surroundings shape what someone is facing.

Marci listens first and then helps people figure out what matters most to them. She uses straightforward conversations to identify strengths and barriers. Sessions often include simple skills for sleep, mood, and managing anger or attention difficulties.

Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered methods, and mindfulness practices. That means she helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior, make small changes, and practice new ways of responding. She also integrates work around past trauma when it is relevant.

Marci has supported people through parenting and family stress, adoption and foster care concerns, fertility and fatherhood issues, and caregiver strain. She also helps with chronic pain or illness, career questions, and feelings of emptiness or codependency.

In sessions she aims to be practical and respectful. People can expect a focus on real-world strategies, clearer communication, and steady steps toward goals. She works with each person at their own pace.

How Marci’s approaches work online

Marci commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods to guide online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to improve mood, sleep, or anxiety. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and helping people draw on their own strengths to make decisions and solve problems.

She also blends mindfulness techniques to help with stress and emotional regulation. Mindfulness helps people notice thoughts and physical sensations so they can respond more calmly to difficult moments. Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist will discuss goals and preferences and adjust methods to fit what each person needs.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more convenient. Video calls are useful for in-depth sessions that resemble office visits. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or flexible communication during busy weeks.