Craig Dr Erik Psychologist

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Dr. Erik Craigs Approach to Counseling and PsychotherapyErik sees the two basic purposes of psychotherapy as the alleviation of suffering and the embrace of possibility. His own approach is deeply personal and relational, emphasizing the importance of honest, emotional conversation and connection. He views human attachment to significant others, from birth onward, as the most essential component of psychological well-being. His understanding of the experience of psychotherapy is informed not only by psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience but also, and especially, by what is happening moment by moment in the therapeutic conversation.Sometimes change can come quite easily, a circumstance for which to be grateful. More often, however, the words of Nelson Mandela apply: There is no easy path to freedom. And freedom is what it is all about: the freedom to be oneself, the freedom to love, work, and enjoy the fullness of life, even in the face its inherent limitations, a life that, in the end, leaves us feeling more gratitude than regret, more appreciation than disappointment, more loving-kindness than bitterness, more wonder than fear.About Dr. Erik CraigDr. Erik Craig is a licensed psychologist and independent scholar, author, and editor who has been teaching, training, and practicing psychotherapy nationally and internationally for many years. He has trained and worked closely with foremost figures in both Western and Eastern approaches to depth psychotherapy. In 2014 the APAs Division for Humanistic Psychology honored him with the Rollo May Award for his distinguished lifetime contributions to the field.