Lois Craig, LPCC

Lois Craig is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who works with adults in California and brings 12 years of clinical experience to her practice. She approaches therapy with sensitivity to how life can feel off-course or confusing, and she helps people explore why they may be struggling with satisfaction, safety, relationships, or emotional wellbeing. Her work centers on helping individuals sort through past and present experiences to identify where change is possible and how to take practical steps toward greater wellbeing.

Lois primarily uses EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - alongside somatic interventions to help clients gain awareness of the patterns and bodily sensations that can maintain trauma-related distress. She also has experience treating anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), dissociative identity concerns (DID), stress, and behavioral issues. Lois addresses a wide range of challenges including stress, self-esteem, coping with life changes, attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, communication and control issues, guilt and shame, mood disorders, panic symptoms, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, women’s issues, and workplace difficulties.

Lois aims to create a practical, collaborative therapeutic process that helps adults understand what stands in the way of healing and build the skills and awareness needed to move forward.

EMDR and Somatic Approaches for Online Healing

Lois integrates EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - to help clients process distressing memories and reduce the hold those experiences have on daily functioning. EMDR guides the brain toward reorganizing traumatic material so it becomes less emotionally disruptive, which can support recovery from past trauma and related symptoms.

She also uses somatic interventions that focus on bodily awareness, helping clients notice physical sensations connected to emotions and learn gentle ways to regulate those responses. Somatic work can be particularly helpful for stress, panic symptoms, and trauma-related tension.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Lois works collaboratively with each person to determine which techniques best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors treatment plans and adjusts strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility - sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging can fit into busy schedules and make it easier to attend regularly. These options increase accessibility for people balancing work, family, or caregiving responsibilities while still engaging in meaningful therapeutic work with a therapist.