About Weston
Dr. Weston Crafton helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and addictive behaviors. He also supports people dealing with family strain, anger, and life transitions.
Dr. Crafton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in Tennessee. He draws on several well-known therapy styles to help people get unstuck and make changes they can live with.
His approach keeps conversations practical and focused.
How Weston works
He does not assume long, drawn-out problem talk is required. Instead he aims to identify small, workable shifts early on and build on those changes. Sessions emphasize clear goals, straightforward tools, and steady progress.
Dr. Crafton uses attachment-focused ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings and reactions. He also relies on client-centered methods to keep the work grounded in each person's experience.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps uncover patterns of thinking and behavior that reinforce stress or low mood. When needed, he brings in strategies from emotion-focused and dialectical behavior approaches to help with intense feelings, communication problems, and coping skills. He has eight years of clinical experience and frames therapy as a collaborative process rather than a lecture.
People can expect a practical tone in sessions and an emphasis on solutions that fit daily life. He aims to help people feel more effective in their relationships and calmer in their day-to-day routines.
Weston lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Weston works with
The areas below are the ones Weston selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Approaches that shape online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions. It helps when connection, trust, or attachment concerns contribute to anxiety, intimacy problems, or repeated relationship cycles. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own experience and priorities in the session. It focuses on listening, acceptance, and helping people find their own solutions rather than prescribing answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and replace them with more effective options. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when practical skill building is needed.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaboratively assess needs, goals, and preferences to determine which methods to use. That collaborative process helps tailor techniques so they fit each person’s life and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation when interaction matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or a camera is not preferred. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or a simpler way to fit therapy into a busy day. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people access therapy in ways that match their routine and comfort.
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