Marci Gilpin , LCSW

Marci Gilpin, LCSW, has practiced social work for 20 years in Virginia. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. Marci also supports people dealing with parenting concerns, family difficulties, ADHD, trauma and intimacy-related issues.

She uses straightforward, person-focused care. Marci listens for strengths and practical solutions. Sessions aim to identify what is already working and build on those skills to handle day-to-day problems.

Marci pays attention to how family and environment shape a person's experience. She looks at emotional, physical, and spiritual needs to form a clearer picture of challenges. That perspective helps when addressing things like blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, or fertility-related stress.

Her approach includes talking through coping strategies for sleep, anger, and compassion fatigue, and practical ways to manage mood swings or attention difficulties. She also works with people facing chronic pain, major life transitions, or relationship and communication problems.

Marci blends several therapeutic methods to fit each person's needs. Sessions are conversational and grounded in real-life tasks. The aim is to leave clients with clear steps they can try between meetings.

Approach and online care that fit your schedule

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs, helping them feel heard and supported while they find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts and actions, teaching practical skills to change unhelpful patterns and manage anxiety or depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is a method used to reduce the impact of past traumatic memories and lessen distress tied to those events.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals and preferences. That may mean trying one approach first, mixing techniques, or changing the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or brief check-ins are needed, live chat for focused exchanges, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy life and to continue work even when schedules shift or travel is necessary.