Craig Kalman, MD, LCPC, LPC

Craig Kalman brings 35 years of professional counseling experience to clients in Texas, combining clinical training with years of front-line crisis work. He served over a decade at the National Institutes of Health, supporting a wide range of people from leading medical researchers to administrative and facilities staff, and developed extensive experience responding to workplace stress and organizational challenges. During his time at NIH he was a senior staff EAP representative and crisis counselor who provided immediate assistance after major events such as the attack on the Pentagon on 9/11/2001, the anthrax incidents in Washington D.C., and the D.C. Sniper events. That early crisis work built a foundation in trauma response and stress management that he later expanded while working with the Department of Defense and the United States military, assisting service members and their families through the complex pressures of repeated combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other operational areas.

His clinical approach is relaxed and accepting, focused on creating a non-judgmental space where clients can explore difficult issues and pursue change. He uses a mix of motivational interviewing to clarify goals and prioritize change and cognitive behavioral techniques to address the thoughts and behaviors that maintain problems. Kalman holds MD, LCPC, and LPC credentials - MD indicating a medical degree and LCPC and LPC denoting licensed counselor credentials - and applies that background to a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, addiction, trauma and abuse, mood conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder, and challenges related to sleep, eating, parenting, career, and self-esteem. He also has focused experience with first responder and veteran issues, panic and post-traumatic stress, seasonal affective disorder, and coping with both natural and human-caused disasters. Craig Kalman welcomes clients who are ready to work collaboratively toward practical, meaningful improvements in their lives.