About Philip
Philip Craig is an AASW social worker with five years of professional experience helping people manage stress, anxiety and depression. He provides a calm, respectful presence and focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. Philip aims to help people find clearer thinking, steadier moods and better ways to cope when things feel overwhelming.
Philip works in a conversational, down-to-earth way. He listens first, then tailors sessions to what matters most to the person in front of him.
Background and approach
He uses straightforward tools and gentle challenges rather than jargon. Sessions often include goal-setting, simple skills practice and check-ins on how new strategies are going. His practice covers a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, addiction, ADHD and relationship difficulties.
He also supports people facing grief, career change, body image worries and long-term health issues. Philip pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when those patterns are relevant. Clinically, he draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred methods.
He adapts ideas from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and attachment work where helpful. The focus is always on what will help the person move forward between sessions. People who choose Philip can expect clear explanations and practical homework.
He asks about values and goals early, then builds simple steps toward those aims. His style balances compassion with a focus on change and everyday coping.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It’s useful for anxiety, low motivation and coping with change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on shifting patterns of thinking and behaviour. It is often used for anxiety, depression and stress by teaching specific coping skills. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises listening and understanding from the person’s perspective so they feel heard and can find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Philip will discuss different methods and try what seems to fit your goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls let you use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who process better in writing. These options aim to give flexibility and consistent access to ongoing support.
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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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