Marci Gilpin, LCSW
Virginia · 20 years in practice
Marci Gilpin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage life’s hard moments.
License and registration
- LCSW, Virginia
- 0904013073 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1265538474 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Marci
Marci Gilpin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage life’s hard moments. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth therapy that looks at how a person’s relationships and environment affect day-to-day life. Marci aims to help people reconnect with their strengths and make manageable changes.
Marci uses approaches that include Existential therapy, Client-Centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, EMDR, and mindfulness. She listens for what matters most to each person and tailors sessions around those priorities.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused rather than filled with technical jargon. Her practice often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. She also supports people facing relationship problems, parenting and family challenges, fertility and adoption issues, caregiver stress, and career or identity struggles.
Sleeping problems, anger, attention and focus concerns, and feelings of emptiness are also within her scope. Marci pays attention to how family of origin, blended family dynamics, and life transitions shape current difficulties. She helps people identify patterns, set realistic steps, and practice skills that fit their daily routines.
The work often mixes reflective conversation with specific coping strategies. Based in Virginia, Marci conducts sessions in English and offers multiple online formats. Her approach is collaborative: she and the person decide together which methods feel most useful and how to apply them to real situations.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Marci lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice, and responsibility. It helps people facing life changes, emptiness, or questions about purpose by encouraging honest reflection and personal choice.Client-Centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experiences. The therapist follows the person’s lead, offers empathy, and helps them find their own solutions to everyday problems.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and anger.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can be adjusted over time as progress or new concerns appear.
Online therapy makes these methods easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when schedules permit. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio-only check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, skill practice between sessions, and people who prefer typing to talking. These options increase flexibility and help people sustain consistent work on their goals.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Marci commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. Family issues, parenting strain, infertility and adoption challenges are also included.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is conversational and practical. Sessions combine reflective listening with concrete coping strategies and behavior-focused work.
What is her background and experience?
Marci has 20 years of experience as a clinician and uses a range of methods to help people with diverse needs. Her work emphasizes strengths and environmental influences.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds the credential LCSW and practices from Virginia.
In what language can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats does she use?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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