Therapy Services for Individuals, Couples, and Families

Welcome to Crawford Therapy, where we offer a comprehensive range of therapeutic services designed to meet the diverse needs of individuals, couples, and families. Our dedicated team of professionals is committed to providing personalized and effective treatment approaches, ensuring that you receive the highest quality care. Whether you are seeking support for specific mental health concerns, relationship issues, or personal growth, we offer a variety of evidence-based therapies to help you achieve your goals.

Our services include:

What is Communication Skills Therapy?

Communication Skills Therapy is a focused therapeutic approach that helps individuals, couples, and families improve how they express thoughts, emotions, and needs. By identifying patterns, improving listening, and learning new ways to speak and respond, clients build confidence in both personal and professional conversations. These skills can enhance relationships, reduce conflict, and increase mutual understanding.

Why it Helps

Effective communication is essential for healthy relationships and emotional wellbeing. When people struggle to express themselves clearly or feel misunderstood, it can lead to frustration, anxiety, and conflict. Therapy provides a safe environment to learn new communication habits that foster connection and reduce tension.

What is Counselling?

Counselling is a collaborative and confidential process where you meet with a trained therapist to explore emotional, psychological, or relationship challenges. It offers a safe space to talk about thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, helping you gain clarity, build self-awareness, and find constructive ways to manage life's difficulties. Whether facing specific issues or seeking general support, counselling provides compassionate guidance tailored to your needs.

Why it Helps

Counselling helps you understand yourself better, improve relationships, and cope more effectively with stress, anxiety, loss, or change. It can be a powerful tool for personal growth, emotional healing, and gaining confidence in navigating life's complexities.

What is Couples Therapy?

Couples Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that helps partners improve communication, resolve conflicts, and rebuild trust. It provides a safe, neutral space where both individuals can express their feelings and needs while being guided by a trained therapist. Whether you are dating, cohabiting, married, or separated, couples therapy can help strengthen your relationship and navigate challenges together. Sessions focus on developing mutual understanding and practical tools to support long-term emotional and relational health.

Why it Helps

Couples Therapy helps by facilitating open, constructive dialogue between partners. It can break cycles of blame or withdrawal, reduce misunderstandings, and increase empathy. When partners feel heard and validated, trust and emotional connection are more likely to grow. Therapy also provides strategies for healthy communication, conflict resolution, and decision-making. Even relationships that feel “stuck” can regain vitality and direction through focused therapeutic support.

What is Depression Therapy?

Depression therapy is a form of professional mental health support designed to help individuals manage symptoms of depression, understand underlying causes, and improve emotional well-being. It offers a safe and confidential space to explore feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or disconnection, while developing healthier coping strategies. Whether your depression is situational, long-term, or seasonal, therapy can play a crucial role in helping you regain a sense of control and purpose.

Why it Helps

Therapy helps by addressing the thoughts, behaviours, and life circumstances that contribute to depression. Through guided conversation and evidence-based techniques, individuals can develop tools for emotional regulation, reduce isolation, and build resilience against future depressive episodes.

What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)?

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy designed to help individuals manage intense emotions, develop healthy coping strategies, and improve relationships. Originally developed for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), DBT is now widely used to treat a range of mental health conditions, including self-harm, emotional dysregulation, and chronic suicidal thoughts. DBT combines cognitive behavioural techniques with mindfulness and acceptance strategies to promote emotional stability and behavioural change.

Why it Helps

DBT helps individuals who experience overwhelming emotions, self-destructive behaviours, or relationship instability. It offers practical tools for navigating crises, regulating emotions, and building a life worth living. By teaching mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, DBT provides a comprehensive approach to healing and long-term wellbeing. Clients are supported in balancing acceptance with change, learning to respond more thoughtfully rather than reacting impulsively.

What is Emotion Regulation Therapy?

Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT) is a structured, evidence-based therapeutic approach designed to help individuals understand, manage, and respond to intense or difficult emotions in healthier ways. Drawing from cognitive behavioural and mindfulness-based traditions, ERT teaches practical tools to build emotional awareness, reduce reactivity, and develop resilience. It is particularly effective for people who experience frequent mood swings, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm.

Why it Helps

Unchecked emotions can lead to impulsive decisions, relationship difficulties, and mental health challenges. Emotion Regulation Therapy empowers individuals to approach their feelings with curiosity rather than fear, reducing emotional distress and improving life satisfaction. By learning to work with, rather than against, emotions, clients gain greater stability and clarity.