About Monique
Monique Gilcrest is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She works with adults who are facing life changes, caregiving strain, grief, trauma, or challenges at work and home. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at clear steps rather than vague talk.
She uses practical tools to help people handle emotional pain and improve day-to-day functioning. That can mean learning skills to reduce anxiety, changing unhelpful thought patterns, or practicing new ways to connect with others.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what is most helpful right now for each person. Monique draws on a mix of approaches to fit the person in front of her. She blends acceptance and commitment techniques with cognitive behavior strategies and client-centered listening.
When needed she adds emotion-focused or dialectical skills for stronger emotion regulation and clearer relationship work. Her practice includes support for issues that often come together, such as caregiving stress, chronic illness, aging concerns, grief, and communication problems. She also helps people process trauma, cope with separation or infidelity, and manage mood conditions like bipolar disorder.
Monique has eight years of clinical experience working with adults in South Carolina. Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients. People who start therapy with her can expect practical steps, respectful listening, and a collaborative plan tailored to their goals.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take steps that align with their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, mood problems, and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Monique will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. The plan can change over time, and she works together with clients to choose the techniques that feel most helpful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or continued contact between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English