Craig Bray

Craig Bray is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with six years of clinical experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship concerns, and LGBTQ issues. He aims to meet people where they are and offer steady, respectful support during change.

He uses a tailored approach that adapts to each person's needs. Sessions are collaborative and practical. Craig listens first, then helps set clear, realistic goals and a plan you can try between meetings.

Craig draws on several therapeutic approaches to shape sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the conversation grounded in the client's perspective and values. He also uses elements of narrative and psychodynamic work to look at how past experiences shape present reactions.

In sessions he focuses on everyday skills and real-life changes, such as learning ways to calm strong emotions, improving communication, and managing stress more effectively. He helps people address concerns like abandonment, codependency, body image, caregiver stress, and guilt and shame.

Craig emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental tone. He works with each person to shape therapy that fits their goals and pace. To begin, a simple intake and matching process is used so scheduling can follow the client’s needs.

How Craig’s approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on what matters to the person. The therapist follows the client’s pace and highlights each person’s strengths to guide change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and handle stress. Existential therapy helps people examine values and meaning when life feels uncertain or stuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Craig will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. He adapts plans over time and checks in about what is helping and what needs to change so the work stays practical and relevant.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. The practical advantages often include easier scheduling around work and caregiving, the ability to meet without traveling, and flexibility for shorter check-ins when days are busy. Online work can also let clients try tools and homework between meetings so progress can fit into everyday life.