Durward Craig Sr.
Strength-based family and relationship support
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana, Arizona
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Durward
Durward Craig Sr. is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns, stress, anxiety, relationships, and depression. He speaks plainly and works with people facing life changes. He emphasizes clients' strengths and treats them as the experts in their own stories.
Taking a first step toward change is often hard, and he offers steady support while people move forward. In sessions he listens for what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
He helps clients identify patterns that cause strain and tries practical ways to improve communication and reduce stress. He uses straightforward questions and reflections to help people see options they might have missed. With 12 years of experience, he brings practical knowledge from a range of settings.
That background includes work around blended family issues, aging and geriatric concerns, and coping after illness or disaster. He also addresses problems like infidelity, commitment issues, and isolation or loneliness. Therapy with him often focuses on everyday changes that add up.
He works on communication skills, setting boundaries, managing anxiety, and handling transitions. Sessions aim to leave people with clear next steps they can try between meetings. Durward holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC.
He is licensed in Louisiana under LA LPC 4221 and also holds an Arizona license, AZ LPC LPC-23787. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Approaches that fit family and life challenges
Evidence-based techniques often help people make clear changes. One common approach focuses on improving communication skills by teaching how to listen, express needs, and set boundaries; this is useful for relationship and family problems. Another approach emphasizes problem-solving and coping strategies to reduce anxiety and manage life transitions; it helps people break issues into concrete steps they can try between sessions.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, what has or hasn’t worked, and personal preferences. Together they will try methods that suit the client's situation and adjust them over time to find the best fit.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people talk face-to-face when travel is difficult. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer more flexible options for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These formats increase accessibility and help maintain continuity during life changes.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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