Marci Gilpin, LCSW
Practical support for stressed parents and caregivers
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Marci
Marci Gilpin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience helping people sort through hard moments. She focuses on practical steps people can use to feel steadier at home and at work. Parents and caregivers often seek her help for stress, parenting questions, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain.
Her approach begins by finding what already works for each person. She listens for strengths and routines to build on.
Background and approach
Then she offers straightforward strategies to manage emotions, sleep problems, anger, and attention challenges like ADHD. Marci pays attention to how family and life circumstances shape daily struggles. She draws on techniques from client-centered therapy to keep sessions grounded in the person's priorities.
She also uses cognitive behavioral work to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. For people affected by past trauma or intense memories, she includes EMDR-informed methods aimed at reducing the hold of those memories. Mindfulness practices are also part of her toolbox to help calm the body and focus attention in stressful moments.
Many people come to her because parenting feels overwhelming or family patterns cause repeated conflict. She supports parents who want clearer communication, firmer routines, or less reactivity. Her goal is to help clients leave sessions with a small, doable plan they can try between meetings.
What Marci works with
Everything Marci lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Marci helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marci lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online work and how they help
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's priorities and strengths. The therapist listens without judgment and helps people set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches simple experiments to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful patterns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often shortened to EMDR, is used for people who carry vivid or distressing memories; elements of this approach can help reduce the intensity of those memories and their effects.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods match their goals, concerns, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted as progress is made and new needs appear, so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and changing routines.
Questions people ask about Marci
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting and family issues, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, ADHD, bipolar, and related topics listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and EMDR-informed work when helpful.
What is her background and experience?
She has 20 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Her work has included grief, trauma, anxiety, sleep issues, attention challenges, family and relationship concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
The therapist holds a Virginia Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential noted as VA LCSW and practices from that region.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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