Monique Gilcrest is a licensed professional counselor who helps people in South Carolina work through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions.
01About Monique
Monique Gilcrest is a licensed professional counselor who helps people in South Carolina work through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions. She writes plainly and listens closely, creating a calm space where clients can name what feels hard and take small next steps. She draws on eight years of experience to help people build coping skills and clearer communication.
Sessions focus on practical tools as well as understanding feelings.
Background and approach
Monique uses methods that teach skills for managing distress and improving daily routines. Her work often addresses grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to caregiving or chronic illness. She also supports people dealing with intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career stress, and issues that come from family history.
Therapy emphasizes collaboration. Clients set goals and Monique helps pick approaches that fit those goals and personal style. Over time she helps people notice patterns, try new ways of responding, and track what actually changes.
Monique brings a respectful, nonjudgmental stance to each session. She aims to help people increase self-compassion, improve communication, and make daily life feel more manageable. Her practice combines straightforward strategies with attention to a person’s values and strengths.
02Credentials
- LPC (South Carolina)
- License 7114 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1285124487 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Monique lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Monique names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Monique names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches suited to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on understanding emotional responses and improving connection in close relationships, useful when intimacy or relationship stress is a concern.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to try based on their goals and preferences. Together they will check what helps and adjust the plan as needed so sessions stay focused on real-life changes.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone can be more flexible when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can fit quick check-ins or moments when writing feels easier. These options make it possible to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while maintaining consistent contact with a licensed professional.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Monique help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, trauma, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and related life changes.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She takes a collaborative, straightforward approach that mixes skills practice with talking through emotions and values to find what works day to day.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience as a clinician working with a wide range of concerns and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
Monique is a licensed professional counselor - LPC - practicing in South Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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