John Craig, LCSW
Licensed in Florida · 20 years in practice
John Craig is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping adults facing emotional and life challenges.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW16632 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1619336526 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
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About John
John Craig is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping adults facing emotional and life challenges. He focuses on practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance concerns. His approach aims to make change feel manageable and realistic.
He brings a calm, warm style to sessions and listens without judgment. Sessions focus on what is most pressing, whether that is mood, sleep, relationships, or coping after loss.
Background and approach
He uses straightforward tools people can try between meetings. John combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness. That means conversations begin with the client's priorities, then shift to skills for noticing thoughts, changing patterns, and calming the body.
Motivational interviewing is used when someone wants support making or sustaining change. He has helped people navigate career shifts, parenting strain, chronic illness, grief, and recovery from addiction. John also supports those managing attention differences, attachment concerns, or anger so daily life runs more smoothly.
His long experience includes addressing trauma and abuse in ways that respect each person's pace. Sessions are offered from Florida and conducted in English. He uses a mix of talk, skill practice, and short, goal-focused plans so progress is clear.
People who prefer a direct but empathetic style tend to find his way of working helpful.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything John lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
Approaches John names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How his approach and online care work together
John uses client-centered therapy, which centers conversations on what matters most to the person seeking help and encourages them to guide the pace and focus. This approach fits issues like grief, relationship concerns, and decisions about life changes because it begins with the person's priorities.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, sleep or eating difficulties, and many stress-related problems.
Mindfulness therapy is used to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and help with regulation in moments of worry, anger, or dissociation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. John will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past, then try methods that match those needs. Adjustments are made as progress and feedback guide the plan.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different days and rhythms. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging is useful for brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it simpler to keep momentum while balancing work, caregiving, or health constraints.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does John commonly address?
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, anger, self esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe his style in sessions?
His style is warm and nonjudgmental with a client-centered focus. He mixes listening with practical skill-building and short plans you can try between sessions.
What is his professional background?
He has 20 years of experience working with adults on a range of mental health and life concerns. His work has included trauma, addiction, grief, and chronic illness-related stress.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He practices from Florida and holds the credential LCSW, which is listed as FL LCSW in his profile.
What languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats does he offer online?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How does billing and cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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