About Craig
Prof. Craig Hutton is a licensed clinical social worker in New Mexico. He brings four years of experience that include work in medical settings and independent practice.
He speaks English and offers sessions to clients both in the U.S. and internationally. Craig focuses on common life stresses like anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and addiction. Before independent practice, Craig spent time as a social worker in medical environments.
Background and approach
That work exposed him to people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and complex life changes. He has also supported people from diverse cultural backgrounds, including Indigenous and Hispanic heritages. In sessions Craig keeps a warm and open style.
He listens carefully and helps clients notice patterns that get in the way. He works together with people to set short-term goals and practical steps they can try between meetings. Craig uses several approaches depending on the person and the issue.
He draws on client-centered methods to follow a person’s lead, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thinking and behavior patterns, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation. He also uses Emotionally-Focused and existential ideas when deeper meaning and attachment issues are central.
People often come for help with stress, parenting strain, identity and LGBT questions, trauma and abuse, body image, or career worries. Craig aims to tailor a clear plan for each person, focusing on what they want to change and practical steps to get there. Sessions use video, phone, chat, or text formats to match different needs.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead. It helps when someone needs space to make sense of feelings and decide on next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers tools for managing intense emotions and improving communication in stressful moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about what feels most useful and try different methods as needed. That collaborative process helps match techniques to goals, whether reducing anxiety, improving relationships, or coping with loss.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for full sessions that include visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text are helpful for short check-ins, skill practice, or when someone prefers nonverbal contact. These options let people fit therapy into their routines and try formats that suit their pace and comfort.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- 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
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English