Monique Gilcrest

Monique Gilcrest is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in South Carolina who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She focuses on practical steps clients can use right away. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and restore a greater sense of control. She works with people wrestling with relationship issues, self-esteem struggles, depression, and intimacy concerns. Monique also supports those dealing with caregiver strain, chronic illness or pain, and the emotional challenges of aging. Hospice and end-of-life counseling is among the areas she addresses when those needs arise. Therapy sessions emphasize clear goals and simple tools. Monique draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and create different responses. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small, manageable steps toward them. Client-Centered and Emotionally-Focused methods shape how she listens and responds. That means sessions tend to be warm, direct, and focused on what matters most to each person. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered when people need practical techniques for emotional regulation and stress tolerance. Across eight years of practice, Monique aims to meet people where they are and move at a pace that feels right. She partners with clients to build coping skills, improve communication, and navigate transitions without minimizing their experience. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.

Approaches for online care and practical skill building

Monique uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it breaks problems into small, changeable steps. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients name their values and commit to actions that matter despite difficult feelings. ACT can be helpful for grief, chronic illness, and life transitions where acceptance and choice matter. Sessions begin with a conversation about what matters most to the client. Monique works together with each person to choose which approaches and exercises best fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape a plan clients can actually use between visits. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments to happen from different locations. It can also let people try short check-ins or regular hour sessions depending on what works for their schedule. Because specific session formats were not listed in the biography, confirm the available options before booking so you know how appointments will be arranged.