LPC

Monique Gilcrest, LPC

Experience8 years
LocationSouth Carolina
Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Self esteem
Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

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About Monique

Monique Gilcrest is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She works from a strengths-based stance, guiding clients to identify practical coping strategies, improve communication, and rebuild confidence while honoring each person’s individual history and values. Her practice uses a blend of evidence-based approaches to address a wide range of concerns, from trauma and grief to career pressures, caregiver strain, and chronic health-related stress.

Monique emphasizes a collaborative process that centers the client’s goals, offering tailored interventions aimed at improving emotional regulation, reducing symptoms, and supporting meaningful change. With eight years of clinical experience, she brings practical skill and compassionate presence to sessions.

Monique accepts English-speaking and international clients and offers several remote session formats to fit different lifestyles. Her work often includes attention to relational patterns, intimacy-related issues, and the ways life events shape identity and coping over time.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Monique integrates Internal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside client-centered principles to guide online work. Internal Family Systems helps people notice and relate to different parts of themselves with curiosity and compassion, which can be helpful for healing internal conflicts and trauma-related responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness and values-guided action, supporting clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, or life transitions to make meaningful behavioral changes. Client-Centered Therapy provides a respectful, nonjudgmental foundation focused on understanding the person’s experience and building self-directed resilience.

Finding the right mix of approaches is treated as a collaborative process. Monique partners with clients to explore which strategies fit their needs and goals, adjusting interventions over time based on what proves most helpful for symptom relief and personal growth.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines, to continue work through life changes, and to maintain continuity of care even when geography or schedules present barriers. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and tools to each format so that therapeutic work remains practical and focused.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?

Monique works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, trauma and grief, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and career or parenting challenges.

What is Monique’s therapeutic style?

Her approach is collaborative and client-centered, blending evidence-based methods to build coping skills, improve emotion regulation, and support personal growth while respecting each person’s values and experiences.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has eight years of experience working with adults on a variety of emotional and life challenges, bringing practical techniques alongside empathic support.

What are Monique’s credentials and where is she based?

She is licensed as an LPC in South Carolina with license number SC LPC 7114 and provides services to clients in that region as well as internationally.

Can I work with her if English is not my first language or I live abroad?

Sessions are offered in English and she is open to working with international clients who communicate in English.

Which session formats are available?

Monique offers multiple remote formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.

How are fees and billing handled?

Costs vary depending on location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteem Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief Intimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harm Self-love Social anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

South Carolina

Languages

English