About Craig
Craig McIntosh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of practice. He has worked with individuals, couples, and groups and brings practical, down-to-earth care to sessions. Craig aims to make the first visit feel supportive and encouraging so people leave feeling hopeful and ready to continue.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Texas A&M University and a Master of Social Work from New Mexico State University.
Background and approach
Craig has lived in St. Louis since 2004 and has spent the last twelve years as a social worker for the U.S. Air Force.
His licenses include Illinois LCSW and Missouri LCSW, and he is able to provide licensure supervision in both states. Craig helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, relationship struggles, and parenting challenges. He also focuses on issues like attachment, abandonment, blended family dynamics, codependency, and recovery from domestic violence or substance concerns.
He works with clients on fatherhood issues, forgiveness, guilt, and shame as well. His style is practical and flexible. Craig draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, existential conversations, and established couples methods such as Gottman and Imago approaches.
He can be direct, reflective, humorous, or serious depending on what a person needs in the moment. Sessions often include clear goals, hands-on tools, and time to talk through life events and patterns. Craig aims to help people notice what matters most and make changes that feel real and manageable in daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist creates space for people to speak about what matters and guides conversations so clients feel heard and can discover their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and offers simple, practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits. The Gottman Method emphasizes concrete skills for couples - how to communicate, listen, and rebuild connection through small, repeatable practices.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on what is working.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues and a fuller conversation matter. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, parenting, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Illinois
- Languages
- English