About Craig
Craig Carpenter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Oklahoma with 14 years of professional experience. He helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addictions, stress, grief, and life transitions. He also supports those facing career questions, self-esteem concerns, or identity-related matters such as LGBT issues.
Craig takes a straightforward approach and focuses on helping people move toward the goals they set for therapy. Craig draws from a mix of practical methods that match what each person needs.
Background and approach
Sessions are centered on the client, with attention to thoughts, behaviors, and close relationships. He uses tools from cognitive behavioral work and acceptance-based practices to help people notice patterns and try different responses. Attachment-focused ideas guide work on relationship patterns and connection.
Over his career he has spent significant time in complex mental health settings and with a broad range of concerns. That background informs how he assesses risk, coping, and longer term supports. He works with issues related to aging, chronic illness, caregiving, and end-of-life concerns when those come up in a person’s story.
Craig emphasizes honest effort and practical steps. He helps people identify small changes that lead to more manageable days. He will collaborate with each person to set realistic goals and track progress in ways that make sense for their life.
Sessions focus on building skills for coping, communication, and decision-making. Craig offers a direct, supportive style aimed at helping people reclaim a sense of direction and control.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and choose actions that align with their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions when someone wants clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress; it is practical for depression, anxiety, and coping with daily problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape patterns now and can help with communication and trust issues in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That conversation includes trying a method and adjusting it when needed so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and work more like an office visit, while phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging is useful for brief support, ongoing coaching, or checking in between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, travel, or other obligations, and allow continuity when circumstances change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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