Marci Gilpin, LCSW
Compassionate social worker for life’s toughest moments
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
How Marci works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Marci
Marci Gilpin, LCSW, has spent two decades helping people manage hard moments and reclaim steadier ground. She works from Virginia and brings practical skills to problems like anxiety, depression, anger, grief, and sleep trouble. Marci aims to help clients use their strengths to face life’s changes and daily stresses.
She focuses on the whole person rather than only symptoms. Sessions look at how family, work, health, and beliefs shape feelings and behavior.
Background and approach
That practical lens helps when someone is coping with trauma, attention challenges, caregiving stress, or relationship strain. Marci uses a mix of methods to match what each person needs. She draws on client-centered listening, cognitive tools to change unhelpful thinking, mindfulness practices to calm the body, and EMDR for processing traumatic memories when appropriate.
Those approaches are selected together with clients rather than imposed. Her work often addresses parenting and family concerns by helping individual parents or caregivers manage stress, set boundaries, and improve communication. She also supports people facing infertility or adoption-related issues, chronic illness, and career or life transitions.
Sessions may include skill building, guided reflection, breathing or grounding exercises, and practical problem-solving. Marci’s style is warm and direct, focused on clear steps people can try between meetings. The goal is steady progress that fits each person’s daily life.
What Marci works with
Everything Marci lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Marci's practice.
- 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.
How Marci’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Client-centered therapy begins with listening. The therapist focuses on each person’s priorities, reflecting concerns and helping clients name what matters most so sessions feel relevant and manageable.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice and change thinking patterns that drive anxiety, anger, or low mood. It involves short exercises, thought tracking, and behavior experiments that can be assigned between visits and reviewed over video or text.
Mindfulness therapy offers simple practices to calm the body and focus attention. Brief guided breathwork or grounding exercises can be taught in a session and practiced during daily routines to reduce reactivity and improve sleep.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and do guided exercises; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited; live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, short reflections, and ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different ways of working together.
Questions people ask about Marci
What concerns does Marci commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, sleep problems, relationship and family issues, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and related concerns such as caregiver stress and chronic illness.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm and practical. She listens closely, helps people build skills, and uses exercises like mindfulness and cognitive strategies to address daily challenges.
What is her professional background?
Marci is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience offering psychotherapy and supportive services to adults with diverse needs.
Where is she located and licensed?
She practices from Virginia and holds the VA LCSW credential.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and payment arranged?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model 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 sessions according to therapist availability.