About Craig
Craig Walker is a counsellor who uses a person-centred style to help people work through distressing life issues. He draws on 13 years of experience to listen, reflect and help clients find practical ways forward. Craig aims to make sessions straightforward and humane for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed.
He often supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief and addiction. He also helps those facing relationship strain, anger, intimacy concerns and career uncertainty.
Background and approach
Phobias are listed among his focus areas and he can talk through worries related to specific fears. Craig blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours. He also uses mindfulness to help with stress and motivational interviewing when people want to make changes.
The overall aim is to help each person find their own solutions rather than imposing answers. Sessions are offered in English and Craig is based in the United Kingdom. He holds NCPS as a listed credential and has worked in counselling since 2012.
His approach is shaped by both formal learning and life experience, which he brings into the room with empathy and steadiness. People who come to Craig can expect a mix of listening, gentle challenge and practical steps. He is comfortable with silence, with open conversation, and with supporting people through difficult emotions.
He encourages clients to take the pace that feels right for them.
How counselling approaches translate to online care
Craig uses client-centred ways of working to create a calm, non-judgemental space where the client leads the conversation and is listened to closely. This approach helps with feelings of anxiety, low mood and relationship difficulties by prioritising understanding and empathy.He also draws from cognitive behavioural therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours. CBT techniques are practical and suit issues like anxiety, phobias and stress because they include exercises and experiments a person can try between sessions.
Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit the person’s needs. Work is adapted over time so that the plan reflects changing goals and progress.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling easier to fit into life. Video calls let people work face to face when that feels important. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when movement is needed. Messaging and live chat allow shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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