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S. Craig Hufford, LPC

  • Experience25 years
  • LocationMissouri
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About S.

S. Craig Hufford is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 25 years of clinical experience.

Background and approach

He draws on an integrative approach that honors each person’s strengths and lived story, helping clients navigate stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life transitions. He emphasizes a collaborative stance that validates clients' experiences while offering practical skills to address depressive symptoms, career stress, and compassion fatigue.

Hufford works with many family-related and interpersonal struggles, including parenting challenges, blended family dynamics, adoption and foster care issues, and problems rooted in family of origin. His practice also addresses trauma and abuse, infidelity, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and issues tied to guilt, shame, abandonment, or fertility.

He uses methods such as Internal Family Systems alongside cognitive and behavioral strategies to help people understand internal parts, shift unhelpful patterns, and build more effective coping. Clients can expect a supportive, strengths-focused therapist who aims to empower change through practical interventions and reflective exploration.

Hufford frames therapy as a joint process in which the client’s values and goals guide the work toward clearer communication, healthier relationships, and improved emotional resilience.

Integrative Approaches for Online Emotional Work

Internal Family Systems (IFS) invites clients to notice and relate to different internal parts with curiosity and compassion, helping people unravel patterns tied to trauma, grief, or relationship conflict. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and build psychological flexibility through acceptance and committed action, which can support coping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship where the therapist offers empathy and validation to foster self-understanding and growth.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy itself, and the therapist collaborates with each client to determine which methods align with their goals and preferences. Treatment plans evolve from ongoing conversations about what feels most helpful, mixing approaches as needed to address practical concerns and deeper emotional work.

Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging provide flexible options for engaging in this work from home or elsewhere. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue momentum between sessions using different communication styles, while allowing licensed professionals to apply the same therapeutic tools and interventions across media.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
The practice focuses on stress and anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief and coping with life changes, as well as family and parenting challenges. Additional areas include trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, career concerns, and a range of family-specific problems such as adoption, blended family issues, and infidelity.
What therapeutic styles are used in sessions?
The clinician uses an integrative approach that includes Internal Family Systems, cognitive and behavioral strategies, client-centered work, ACT, and DBT techniques. These methods are applied to help people understand inner dynamics, develop coping skills, and clarify values.
How much professional experience does the therapist have?
The therapist brings 25 years of professional work experience to his practice, offering long-term clinical perspective across a wide range of personal and family concerns.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
He is licensed as an LPC in Missouri with the license number MO LPC 2020041116 and practices from that state.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only, and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered for therapy?
Clients can connect via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How is cost structured for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualityYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

25+ years

Licensed

Missouri

Languages

English