About Weston
Dr. Weston Crafton helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, intimacy struggles, depression, addictions, and relationship problems.
Background and approach
He also supports those dealing with anger, self-esteem, life transitions, and family and communication difficulties. Dr.
Crafton practices in Tennessee and brings eight years of clinical experience to his work. He prefers conversations that move toward solutions instead of rehashing every detail of a problem.
Sessions focus on identifying what needs to change and taking practical steps toward that change. He aims to begin progress from the first appointment.
His approach draws from attachment-based ideas, emotion-focused work, and cognitive-behavioral tools. This mix helps people understand patterns, manage strong emotions, and try new ways of relating.
He also uses techniques from dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and coping skills are needed. Dr.
Crafton is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - licensed in Tennessee. He uses that perspective to consider how relationships and systems shape a person’s difficulties.
He treats individuals and couples and frames problems as things to work on, not as personal failings. Sessions are offered in English and available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
The practice uses a subscription-based session model that can be canceled at any time. Practical scheduling and clear next steps are part of the initial process.
How attachment, emotion work, and CBT translate online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and expectations. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns and try different ways of relating to partners or others. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on understanding and shifting strong emotional responses in relationships. In remote work this often means naming emotions, tracking interaction cycles, and practicing new responses between sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through clear exercises and skill practice, which patients can do between video or text sessions to build momentum.Finding the right approach is part of care. The therapist will work collaboratively to pick methods that match the client’s goals, needs, and comfort with online tools. That conversation helps shape a plan and adjusts methods as progress is made.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make scheduling more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and relationship sessions. Phone calls are handy when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text allow quick notes, skill coaching, or ongoing contact between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English