S. Craig Hufford, LPC

Missouri · 25 years in practice

S. Craig Hufford is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri.

License and registration

LPC, Missouri: 2020041116 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1164034583 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Craig

S. Craig Hufford is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri. He uses a person-centered stance and existential ideas to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and intimacy concerns.

He brings 25 years of professional experience to sessions and aims to support people as they make difficult changes. He treats everyday worries and bigger turning points the same way - by listening, asking clear questions, and helping people find what matters to them.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on practical steps and on making meaning of hard experiences. Clients can expect straightforward conversation about goals and next steps. Craig works with issues like parenting stress, career pressure, and compassion fatigue as well as trauma, abuse, and depression.

He also addresses family-of-origin concerns, divorce and separation, adoption and foster care matters, and fertility or fatherhood issues. He helps people dealing with guilt, shame, forgiveness, and grief near the end of life. His approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, and dialectical behavior strategies along with existential and client-centered perspectives.

That combination aims to balance practical coping skills with reflection about values and purpose. People who choose him usually want steady support, clear feedback, and a focus on what they can do next. He encourages clients to use their own strengths while working through painful memories and current stresses.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Craig lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Coping with life changes
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Depression
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Communication problems
Divorce and separation
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Infidelity
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Young adult issues

Approaches Craig names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches fit into online counseling

Existential Therapy invites people to reflect on meaning, choice, and values when life feels uncertain. It helps with questions about purpose, grief, and major life changes by turning attention to what matters most. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches ways to accept difficult thoughts while committing to actions that align with personal values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a client's needs, goals, and preferences. That means combining reflection about values with practical coping tools when that fits the person seeking help.

Online therapy can make this work easier to fit into life. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or a better fit when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for ongoing support between sessions or for people who prefer written check-ins. These options offer flexibility and help maintain continuity of care while people manage busy schedules.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?

He helps with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include parenting, career stress, trauma and abuse, depression, and compassion fatigue.

How would you describe his therapeutic style?

Sessions blend person-centered listening with existential reflection and practical strategies. The work balances skills-building with conversations about values and meaning.

What experience does he bring to therapy?

He has 25 years of professional experience working with a wide range of life stressors and losses. That background shapes a steady, practical approach to counseling.

What are his credentials and where is he located?

He holds the LPC credential, Licensed Professional Counselor, in Missouri. His practice is based in Missouri.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with him?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect. These formats allow for different rhythms and levels of interaction.

How does the cost and getting started process work?

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