About Craig
Craig Parton is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of experience. He offers a calm, compassionate presence and a clear, direct style to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, or depression. He works to make sessions practical and focused on daily life changes that bring relief.
He draws on somatic psychology ideas, which look at how the body and mind connect. Sessions often include questions to uncover underlying beliefs and gentle body-awareness practices like mindfulness.
Background and approach
The goal is to notice how patterns show up in the body and then try different actions that feel healthier. Craig helps people untangle issues such as panic attacks, process addictions, sexual concerns, and experiences of prejudice. He also supports men who want to understand and change long-standing behavior patterns.
Conversations can range from grief and intimacy to stopping self-injurious cycles and building self-love. Clients can expect a collaborative process. Craig listens with respect and offers clear feedback so people can make choices that match their values.
He emphasizes learning through small, concrete steps that fit daily routines. Craig practices from Oregon and uses approaches that combine talking and somatic techniques. He invites curiosity about your experience and works with each person to co-create practical ways to feel more empowered.
Somatic-informed techniques for online care
Craig uses somatic-informed methods that connect body sensations with thoughts and feelings. This approach helps people notice how tension, breathing, or posture relate to stress, panic, and recurring behaviors, then practice small bodily shifts and mindful awareness to change those patterns.He also incorporates mindfulness-based practices to steady attention and reduce reactivity. These practices teach simple breathing and awareness exercises that can lessen the intensity of anxiety and support emotional regulation in daily life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify what methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they will try techniques and adjust based on what helps the most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and guided body-awareness exercises, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option for check-ins, and live chat or text messaging can support brief reflections or between-session follow-up. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work or family schedules and to practice skills in real-life contexts.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Oregon, California
- Languages
- English
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