About Craig
Craig Carpenter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing addiction, anxiety, depression, relationship troubles, and life transitions. He works with adults on career concerns, self-esteem, grief, and LGBT issues. Craig aims to meet each person's goals with practical, down-to-earth guidance.
He draws on 14 years in the field, including work in complex mental health. He uses straightforward talking, skill building, and goal-focused plans rather than jargon. Sessions are aimed at what matters most to the client and at steps they can try between visits.
How Craig works
Craig blends a few different approaches depending on the issue. He uses behavioral strategies to change unhelpful patterns and mindfulness-based ideas to build focus and acceptance. He also centers the conversation on each person's experience and relationships when that will help move work forward.
Areas he focuses on include addictions and substance concerns, coping with chronic illness or pain, family of origin and communication problems, codependency, divorce and separation, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and first responder issues. He also supports people dealing with immigration stress, isolation, and fatherhood-related concerns. Craig offers short-term coaching-style work and longer therapy for deeper issues.
He invites people to set clear goals and practice skills between sessions. He seeks practical progress and honest conversations about what is and isn’t working.
Craig lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Craig works with
The areas below are the ones Craig selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
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Online support options
How Craig’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that fit personal values rather than getting stuck on unwanted thoughts. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change them, useful for depression, anxiety, and addiction. Attachment-Based ideas bring attention to relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current relationships and communication problems.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Craig will talk with the client about their goals and try methods that fit those goals. He checks in on what helps and adjusts the plan so the work stays useful and realistic for daily life.
Online therapy offers several ways to connect: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow ongoing support or quick coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work when travel or local access would be difficult.
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