About Philip
Philip Craig is an AASW counsellor with five years of practice in Australia. He helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety, and those dealing with depression, trauma or relationship strain. He aims to meet people where they are and to make first steps feel manageable.
Philip keeps sessions practical and conversational. He listens for what matters to each person and tailors the way he works to their needs.
Background and approach
He uses clear language and breaks down options so clients can choose what fits them. He draws on a mix of approaches to support change. That includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for thinking and behaviour patterns, and Attachment-Based ideas when relationship or abandonment issues are present.
Philip also uses client-centred methods to prioritise the person’s experience. Typical concerns he supports include compassion fatigue, addictions, LGBT issues, grief, parenting stress, ADHD-related challenges, and career strain. He also works with body image, chronic illness or pain, codependency and intimacy-related issues.
Philip aims to help clients set practical goals and learn skills they can use between sessions. He describes his role as a steady, respectful guide. People who want straightforward talk and collaborative planning will find his approach useful.
Philip encourages anyone feeling stuck to take the first step and explore whether therapy could help.
How Philip’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small steps in that direction. It is useful for anxiety, stress and when decisions feel blocked. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and teaches practical skills to change them. It can help with low mood, anxiety and coping in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Philip will work together with each person to identify which methods suit their goals and preferences. He frames therapy as collaborative and adjusts techniques as people make progress or face new challenges.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit into a busy day, and messaging or chat can be used for brief check-ins or steady support between appointments. These options help people access consistent care around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- 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
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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