TREATMENT PHILOSOPHY

Dr. Craver's career reflects a sincere interest in working with people. A recognition that on this planet, we are all in the same boat. Therapy is an opportunity to reason together, the client to have a meaningful conversation with his or herself out loud. The better we understand the life situation, the better able we are to understand and interpret our actions. Most of us have a pretty good idea of where we want to get; it's the process, the journey that's the tricky part. With encouragement and understanding most of us can manage the tricky part, a process of ever continuing next best steps. A life that embraces passion and is sustained by courage.

It is an honor to have another person confide in you - and a daunting responsibility to respect and nurture that confidence. I try to balance what I can provide through understanding and experience with the need to not get in the person's way.

With over 25 years of experience I have talked to many people and have had the opportunity to continue to learn about life. I have recognized that our worldview should be shaped only partly by the textbooks of our professional disciplines. Real lives lived as in history, literature, poetry and music (to name a few) help us to see how the human condition expresses itself.

While I have maintained a strong commitment to being a generalist; several areas have emerged that I have had the opportunity to develop a deeper interest. As well as my clinical practice, I also do speaking engagements, workshops and consultations in those areas.