About Craig
Craig Gordon is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 12 years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and abuse. He focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable. Craig aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what matters most to them.
He prefers short, direct conversations that lead to concrete changes. Sessions often include learning new coping skills and trying simpler ways to handle strong emotions.
Background and approach
Craig uses methods that help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. Craig draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to break down problems into clear parts and work on them one step at a time. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance.
For relationship concerns he incorporates elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and reduce conflict. Across sessions he aims to be straightforward and supportive. He helps people set realistic goals and track small gains.
Clients can expect a mix of talking, practicing new skills, and planning for real-life situations. Craig’s background includes licensure in Virginia and the District of Columbia and a dozen years of work in clinical settings. He offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Using Evidence-Based Methods Online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing them into more useful ones. It helps with anxiety, depression, and everyday stress by breaking problems into manageable steps. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches skills for regulating intense emotions and tolerating distress without making things worse. Those skills are useful for strong mood swings and relationship tension. The Gottman Method looks at how people communicate and solve problems together, and it offers straightforward techniques to reduce fighting and improve connection.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Craig will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as needs evolve.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins or when typing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while still using CBT, DBT skills, and Gottman techniques during sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English