Craig is very easy to talk to and I feel he truly cares about helping me better myself. I would recommend him to anyone seeking help on personal growth and dealing with stress.
Craig Kalman, LCPC
Experienced mental health professional
Provides online counseling through BetterHelp
At a glance
Craig is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.
- 5.0 stars
- Clients are very satisfied with Craig. View 81 reviews
- Speaks English
- Offers Telehealth visits
- Licensed in Maryland and Texas
Recent reviews
Craig is a great choice for anyone looking to improve their context and reflect on healing. Personable, knowledgeable, experienced and relatable. Especially for military and first responders.
More about Craig
- 34 years' experience
- Male
- LCPC, LPC
I've been a professional counselor for over 31 years working at several very interesting locations during my career. I spent over 12 years at the National Institutes of health serving a wide spectrum of clients from some of the leading health researchers in the world to the hardworking staff workers from executive administrators to cafeteria custodians. I was the senior staff EAP representative and crisis counselor during the attack on the Pentagon on 9/11/2001, the anthrax attack in Washington D.C. two weeks later and the D.C. Sniper about a year later. Subsequently I gained a tremendous amount of first line experience assisting people with stress and trauma as well as the milieu of issues facing any employee of such a large institution. After a 12 year stint at the NIH I was recruited to work with DOD and the United States military around the country assisting soldiers and their families with the complicated relationship and individual stress brought about by multiple combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas on conflict in the world. My experiences have given me a tremendous amount of training and skills honing toward helping people deal with a multitude of issues.
I know how difficult it can be to ask for help and I applaud you for your courage in coming to this site to seek a solution to issues in life which can indeed be challenging. I look forward to working along with you on your journey of change and personal improvement.
My style is relaxed and accepting with the aim of providing my client a safe and non-judgmental venue with which to explore their current situation. My approaches are somewhat eclectic using motivational interviewing to center on specific areas of conflict or distress and applying various modes of cognitive behavioral therapy to help effect change .
Areas of Expertise:
Stress Management
Processing Trauma
Grief and Loss
The Navigation of sudden change, both personal and professional/vocational
Generalized and Specific Anxiety
Specialties
Treatment Approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Licenses
Craig Kalman's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477782506.
- LCPC · Maryland · LC2797 · Expires January 2026
- LPC · Texas · 77590 · Expires June 2026
About online counseling
- Affordable.
- Pay a low flat fee.
- Convenient.
- Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
- Available now.
- There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.
Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.
Reviews for Craig Kalman
All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.
Overall rating:
Craig is very easy to talk to and I feel he truly cares about helping me better myself. I would recommend him to anyone seeking help on personal growth and dealing with stress.
Craig is a great choice for anyone looking to improve their context and reflect on healing. Personable, knowledgeable, experienced and relatable. Especially for military and first responders.
great
Craig was extremely helpful. Thank you Craig.
Craig is great, thoughtful, helpful, and a generally nice person. I look forward to my sessions with him.
Mr. Kalman is a very sincere, kind, and gentle-mannered person who is incredibly easy to talk with. I have only had a few sessions but I definitely feel that working with him with be most beneficial.
Been with Craig for sometime now, me and my wife have done both individual sessions and marriage counseling. He’s very experienced, very understanding and very attentive !
Always opens my eyes to seeing a new perspective.
Craig is a wonderful man and I’m glad I found him
Craig has helped me at one of the most difficult times of my life, I can’t recommend his services enough. I can tell he truly cares about me and any of his other patients!
Great therapist
I have grown so much and it’s because of the help and support of my counselor!
I’ve been speaking with Mr. Craig for almost 5 yrs now, and he has been extremely valuable in helping me navigate through some challenging times in my life. He is easy to talk to, is an amazing listener, and the advice that he gives is easy to comprehend and put into practice. I highly recommend him!
Craig is awesome. Always available when needed
Craig Kalman is by far the best counselor that I have ever had the pleasure of working with and that's saying a lot, as this wasn't my first rodeo in sixty six years of life. While maintaining a superior level of professionalism he provided the comfort level of talking to a best friend and the freedom for the Holy Spirit to lead. For once I was able to purge and resolve life long issues that had plagued me and had been known only by myself, others involved and God. Craig inspired and helped position me spiritually that I was able to be receptive to God's healing of old wounds and wrongful thinking. My only regret is that I had not known of Faithful Counseling and Craig Kalman earlier in life, but then again it's all in Gods timing, isn't it. I was referred by a good friend at church, so let me be a good friend and recommend Crag Kalman and Faithful Counseling.
Craig is a great guy. He really cares and has loads of knowledge from his life experience. I’ve enjoyed working with Craig and he has helped me get myself focused and ready to take on life. I would recommend him to anyone because he’s not just a counselor but a friend.
Craig has been a great ear to listen for me, and also someone who creates an amazing, positive session each time we talk.
Everything is going great so far, Craig is wonderful and a great fit for me, very helpful
Craig’s decades of life experience combined with his profound ability to empathize makes him a wonderful counselor for anyone needing extra support. He would be an asset to anyone who is lucky enough to work with him.
Craig has been very supportive in achieving my goals helping me get back on track to where I need to be and the direction I should go. He is a great and helpful counselor.
Craig was easy to talk to and a great listener which is what I really needed. I’d highly recommend Craig to anyone struggling with the demands or life.
Craig has been my day to day guardian. I have been depressed so long that I thought I was going to lose myself but he is helping me though. I cannot appreciate him any much, thank you so much Craig as you help me through.
Craig has proven to be a well-qualified counselor and confidante. He is able to conduct our sessions with humor and personality while keeping us on track with the goals established for the session. I highly recommend Mr. Kalman for his expertise and his excellent spirit.
The best therapist I have had in 20 years! Stellar!
My man Craig is a great guy and an even better therapist. His method of being honest and vulnerable with me about his life has allowed me the space to do the same with him. At a moment where I really haven’t wanted to talk about my feelings he’s given me hope. He’s made me want to talk if even just to him about how and what I’m feeling. His way of solution based therapy is really working for me.
Listens very well and has given me very good support
I seriously couldn’t ask for a better therapist. Craig is just an absolute gem. My wife recommended him after he was her therapist. I honestly can’t tell you a single time where I don’t feel better after talking to him and he’s really helped me rationalize my emotions and understand why I feel like I do. I truly can’t recommend him enough
I really like my sessions and feel that I am making progress.
Craig is honestly an absolutely great therapist and I couldn’t recommend him enough. He was my wife’s therapist then transferred over to me and he’s genuinely been great for both of us
He's fantastic and a great listener with fun topics and advice
Craig, is a fantastic Therapist, who has helped me to unlock my true being.
Craig is amazing! I have gone through MANY counselors that have been less than helpful, but when I matched with Craig I realized what counseling COULD be like! He's made such a huge difference in my well being, and I love how knowledgeable he is! He will give you practical tools that work!
Craig is amazing. He has a depth of both life experience that informs his understanding of trauma, as well as professional experience (NIH and DOD counselor) that likely puts him in the top 5% of therapists. He’s become critical to my well-being, I consider him family.
He's a good man and listens to what I have to say. Very attentive to my issues and my feelings.
I came to BH reluctant to get back into therapy. There was a massive transition that occurred prior and being lined up with Craig was kismet. Not only is he a phenomenal therapist, but he's a great person on top of it. Sessions are more like catching up and hanging out than therapy, but better work is being done with him in a few months that I was having with my previous therapist over some years time.
Great first match! I couldn’t ask for a better counselor.
He the best!
Kind, caring, and with a world of experience and perspectives, Craig has helped me be kinder to myself, as well as to use techniques to calm my anxiety and get my head back on track. So lucky to have been matched with him, he was the perfect antidote to the chaos in my head, highly recommend him to anybody!
Love this man!
Craig is awesome!!! He helped me out a lot. Thank you Craig.
Craig is the best, without a doubt.
Craig has been working with me on and off for around three years now. He has taught me techniques I didn’t know before and is always kind, knowledgeable and flexible. I highly recommend him.
This site has helped me immensely. And the calls haven’t dropped in a long time. I just want to thank you all for creating the availability to excellent therapists who are passionate about what they do.
I honestly look forward to our sessions every week. Craig is a lovely councilor with great tools that really work!
Love love love craig. Do not love that the Better Help website has trackers for Facebook and other social networks.
Craig has been phenomenal with me and my girlfriend. I have had great times talking to him. Great guy and really has helped me through a lot.
He is very knowledgeable and has multiple different ways to tackle the hard conversations!
Craig is incredibly supportive and always pushing me to be my best even when I am struggling. He constantly keeps on me to do the things he asks of me when I have a tendency to slack.
I love Craig! I feel like he's extremely knowledgeable and always has practical solutions. Thank you so much!
I don't want to write a review but Craig deserves it. He's also there to listen to me when I have a lot on my heart and mind. He's attentive and does his best to relate. Really glad to have him in my corner. Keep it up man
He understands what I am going through because he has some of the same experiences that I am going through also he reveals issues and solutions that I was unaware of.
Craig is amazing! He has helped me not only get my life back on track, but I am feeling better than I ever have!
Ive been counseled over the years and never felt understood. He gets it and has Bren point on with validation and challenging me. Finally someone to help me grow!!
Mr. Kalman is an excellent counselor and a wonderful person to work with. He is very genuine, caring, patient and kind . He truly listens and work on ways to determine what’s best for me. Thanks for all you do!
Mr Craig is kind, intelligent, and has given me valuable advice on issues that have bothered me, I recommend his services.
Craig really took me from a place of stress, low self esteem, anxiety, and self-destruction and showed me the tools I need to combat all of my issues and more. He is caring, attentive, and listens subjectively and objectively when the situation calls for it. I highly recommend him for you and will definitely be returning to him if ever necessary.
Fantastic job with everything and checks in on me even if I don’t make appointments for the week
My counselor is great. Truly cares and knows what to say.
You can tell Craig is a person that does his job because he truly cares about people from the very first session you have with him. I'm really thankful I got matched with Craig and in these first four sessions have built a great trust in his expertise to help me better myself.
So far, Craig has been crucial in my recovery and coping. He provides insightful perspectives based on his extensive years of experience and research based evidence. I appreciate our sessions and always walk away feeling better, empowered, or perhaps both.
Craig is great.
Craig is the best of the best. He has so much knowledge on a broad range of techniques that customize your sessions. I went from having multiple panic attacks a week to once every few weeks to now, every once in a while. He has changed my life and how I handle situations. Highly, highly, highly recommend.
Craig has been extremely helpful! He is very responsive to messaging and really great at breaking down big steps to make them easy.
Craig has been really really great for me. I came away from my therapy and counseling with him with a bunch of tools that have set me up to better cope with stress and change in my life! I can't recommend him highly enough!!
Craig has been very attentive, patient and intuitive. Very session fees personal and I leave feeling better off.
Craig is extremely professional, patient and kind. Craig was there to listen to me and provided me tools I needed to cope with what I was dealing with. He helped me so much through my pain, anxiety and stress.
Craig has been wonderfully patient, kind, and knowledgeable. I appreciate the tools he has given me to help me live my life more freely. I would recommend his expertise to everyone.
Craig has been great! I was somewhat worried about how this online counseling would go and he has made it very easy and is amazingly easy to talk to and relate to. He takes the time to listen and I am thankful I chose to step out of my comfort zone to try this.
Craig was incredibly helpful and always available when I needed to bounce thoughts off of him. He helped me with building a strategic approach to tackling the things I was in need of some help with, and was always warm and kind.
Craig is a warm, kind, thoughtful and extremely wise counselor. He has a wealth of techniques that he teaches, stories that he tells; all helping each of us to relate and find our own path. I look forward to our sessions and recommend Craig to anybody considering him.
Craig has been a great help to me as I pondered the next step for myself. He gave me a plan of action and tailored it to my needs. I really appreciated the stress management techniques and the positive visualization, the latter of which was completely new to me but very very helpful.
Craig is so thoughtful and ready to help. I'm so happy that I am working with him
Craig listened to me and was very empathetic when I told what was bothering me about my teenage years. I'm 2 sessions in but I'm very optimistic.
After just a couple sessions with Craig, I feel like he's entirely invested in my progress. He's goal oriented, and his impressive knowledge in his field enables him to be very flexible in working with me to discover the best approach to my issues.
Craig has a wonderful background in trauma and stress management that is extremely beneficial to me. He is very warm and really listens to what I'm talking about or trying to bring meaning to. He's phenomenal at helping me come to conclusions about decisions I have to make, managing my stress, turning my behaviors into ones I want manifested, and keeping me on track with my stress management tools!!! I have recommended Craig & this app to so many people in my life. I love my experience here. I don't know what I would do without Craig!!!!!!
Craig is extremely patient, down to earth and most of all easy to talk to!
This is my first experience with counseling. Craig has been exactly what I had hoped for. An easy person to talk to and someone I am comfortable getting to those deep places that are uncomfortable to own. He is helping me come back to the surface and recognize how I can be a better husband and father.
It has been wonderful working with Craig. He is understanding patient, and very well skilled in providing different techniques to help me achieve my goals. I have definitely experienced major improvements in my life thanks to what I've learned working with him.
I was hesitant to begin counseling or therapy and the anonymity of betterhelp was a plus. Craig was more than happy to answer questions about how the process goes. We are beginning with stress management tools and a few other processes. He wants to leave you with a new tool or having taken a step forward in the process, though you are free to veer of course for a session and just share personal stories of your past that impacted you. Those are my experiences so far.
Craig has been a very concerned counselor. I still will need to spend more time talking to him but he has demonstrated that it matters to him that I am doing ok.
Very professional. Always available.
Frequently asked questions
Does Craig Kalman offer telehealth visits?
Yes. Craig Kalman works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.
What language(s) does Craig Kalman speak?
Craig Kalman speaks English.
How many years of experience does Craig Kalman have?
Craig Kalman has 34 years of experience.
Where is Craig Kalman licensed to practice?
Craig Kalman is licensed to practice in Maryland and Texas.
Does Craig Kalman accept clients outside of the United States?
No, Craig Kalman does not accept clients outside of the United States.
Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?
Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."
What treatment approaches does Craig Kalman offer?
Craig Kalman offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
How can I communicate with Craig Kalman?
Craig Kalman can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.
How do I get started with Craig Kalman?
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