About Craig
Prof. Craig Hutton is a licensed clinical social worker who practices in New Mexico. He holds an LCSW and brings four years of post-licensure experience working in medical settings and independent practice.
Craig centers his work on practical steps people can use to manage stress and anxiety and to find clearer ways forward. He keeps a warm, open manner in sessions. Conversations are collaborative and respectful.
Craig helps people name what matters, set small goals, and try methods that fit their life rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
Craig has experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting stress, and addiction. His work in medical environments has also exposed him to chronic illness, caregiver stress, and cancer-related challenges. His clinical approach draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, and emotionally-focused perspectives.
He matches tools to each person’s needs and explains the why behind each method so clients can use what they learn outside sessions. Sessions are offered in English and he is able to work with people living outside the United States.
Craig aims to create a calm, practical space where people can test new ways of coping and make steady progress toward clearer goals.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on the person’s experience and priorities, helping the therapist follow what matters most to the client and build sessions around those concerns. This approach is useful for anxiety, self-esteem, and life changes because it centers the person’s own goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It often includes short between-session exercises and is helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, brings skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building better interpersonal effectiveness. It can be useful when strong emotions, anger, or relationship patterns are getting in the way.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss what feels most useful, try methods together, and adjust based on the client’s goals and preferences. The aim is to use approaches that are practical and that clients can apply between sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face while staying where they are. Phone sessions can be a good option when lower bandwidth or not being on camera helps. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins or ongoing written support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work on coping skills across different settings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
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