Monique Gilcrest, LPC

Monique Gilcrest is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. She speaks plainly, listens carefully, and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Monique works with adults who want clearer goals and steadier coping skills.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and client-centered ways of working to shape sessions around each person's needs. That means identifying unhelpful thoughts, practicing new responses, and clarifying what matters most in daily life. Sessions include simple tools for handling strong feelings and breaking problems into manageable steps.

Monique draws on eight years of clinical experience in South Carolina. Her background includes supporting people through trauma, caregiving stress, chronic illness, career changes, and end-of-life concerns. She pays attention to how life events affect mood, behavior, and relationships.

In practice she blends emotion-focused listening with concrete homework and skill-building. People leave with clear strategies for communication, anger management, grief, and self-esteem work. Monique encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes.

She offers sessions in English and is open to international clients. Services are provided by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session once a fit is found.

How Monique’s Approaches Work Online

Monique commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to change behavior and mood. ACT centers on clarifying values and taking committed action even when difficult feelings show up.

She also uses client-centered techniques that prioritize listening and reflecting what a person is experiencing. Together these approaches help with anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, and coping with life changes. Deciding which method to use is collaborative - the therapist and client review goals and try what fits best, then adjust as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and role practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep appointments around work, caregiving, or medical needs.