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Craig Rice, LPCC

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.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Craig. View 65 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Minnesota

Recent reviews

Craig Rice has been helpful to me with working through my problems. He has been a good listener, helped me think through situations that happened in my life, and provided helpful tools to make my life easier.

Reviewed November 2024

Craig has been amazing for me. Gave me a toolkit to get to where I am today, and helped me learn to give myself grace.

Reviewed July 2024

More about Craig

  • 11 years' experience
  • Male
  • LPCC

I am well versed in several counseling techniques and have a compassionate approachable demeanor. My counseling experience is above par and I am also organized with an attention to detail. Clients warm up to me quickly and I enjoy helping them reach goals and learn new thinking patterns to view life in a more positive manner. My therapeutic style incorporates expert listening, positive feedback, direct guidance, and creating an environment where you will feel comfortable to discuss your personal thoughts and feelings. Therapy is a safe place to discuss things that cannot be shared with family, friends, or colleagues. It can also be used for personal growth, increasing emotional intelligence, developing coping skills, and creating positive change in your life. We all have strengths that we can develop, as well as challenges from which we can grow. Each crisis in our lives is an opportunity for healing and growth.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Family conflicts Trauma and abuse Anger management Depression Addictions Relationship issues Grief Sleeping disorders Parenting issues Self esteem Career difficulties Coping with life changes ADHD Abandonment Adoption and foster care Attachment issues Autism and Asperger Syndrome Blended family issues Caregiver issues and stress Commitment issues Communication problems Control issues Coping with natural or human-caused disaster Divorce and separation Domestic violence Emptiness Family problems Fatherhood issues Forgiveness Guilt and shame Impulsivity Intellectual disability Isolation / loneliness Life purpose Men's issues Veteran and Armed Forces Issues Mood disorders Panic disorder and panic attacks Phobias Post-traumatic stress Self-harm Self-love Social anxiety and phobia Traumatic brain injury Young adult issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Licenses

Craig Rice's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407373160.

  • LPCC · Minnesota · 2035 · Expires January 2025

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, sometimes called teletherapy, refers to talk therapy delivered remotely through digital platforms, such as video calls, phone calls, or chat. It can be a great option for people who face barriers to traditional face-to-face therapy, such as those living in remote areas, individuals with mobility issues, or people with busy schedules that make it difficult to attend in-person sessions.

Teletherapy also offers greater convenience and flexibility, allowing clients to access care from the comfort of their homes. Research shows that the treatment outcomes with online counseling are often just as effective as with traditional therapy, providing a viable alternative for individuals seeking mental health support.

Reviews for Craig Rice

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

65 reviews

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Clients mention: Helpful Helped Great Easy Helping Recommend Amazing Listens Support Understanding

Craig Rice has been helpful to me with working through my problems. He has been a good listener, helped me think through situations that happened in my life, and provided helpful tools to make my life easier.

Reviewed November 2024

Craig has been amazing for me. Gave me a toolkit to get to where I am today, and helped me learn to give myself grace.

Reviewed July 2024

Craig is very easy to relate to. He understands I want to take steps to improve and not just visit.

Reviewed February 2024

I think Craig is a very personable person that is easy to open up too and that is coming from someone who struggles to open up to people.

Reviewed January 2024

Great listener and would definitely recommend

Reviewed August 2023

Craig is very helpful very empathetic while also providing practical solutions to treatment

Reviewed April 2022

Awesome

Reviewed December 2021

I am extremely happy with how things have been while working with Craig. It has been almost a year now and I have seen a huge amount of growth in my life and have a way healthier outlook on things. Craig is extremely easy for me to connect with and feel like he is great at validating my concerns, while also being realistic when addressing unhelpful and unhealthy patterns in my life.

Reviewed February 2021

Down to earth understanding individual.

Reviewed January 2021

Best ever! Really appreciate Craig, he has been kind, thoughtful, caring, helpful, patient. Some people you just connect well with and Craig is one of them. I am fortunate to be able to work with him.

Reviewed June 2020

Craig is kind and compassionate. Kind of like a good fatherly figure as a counselor. I'm happy I have him as my counselor.

Reviewed May 2020

Craig helped me through a very dark time in my life, with multiple stressful things happening all at once. He’s very pleasant to talk with and made sharing difficult things as easy as kit could possibly be.

Reviewed November 2023

Craig offers good real world feedback, motivation and constructive insight and thoughts. He is a person I can relate to who has relatable experiences. I’ve enjoyed working with Craig and have been able to apply our work to my life issues.

Reviewed September 2023

The best thing I feel is that Craig is not pushy. He allows me to talk or express what I want without digging really. Very easy to talk to!

Reviewed August 2023

Craig has been great with open communication and making a relaxed atmosphere to discuss things. He’s helped me a lot.

Reviewed July 2023

He’s great to work with

Reviewed June 2023

I feel that he takes the time to understand and contend with my feelings in a productive way.

Reviewed April 2023

Haven't yet had a ton of time. But I will say he is not stingy with the time slot, and it is obvious that he cares about his clients. As someone new to any type of therapy, he does a good job of making it comfortable. Including joking about things, talking about hobbies, and even reading the room so to speak and poking fun at me (I specifically bond with people better when we can joke about eachother a bit) It also helps that he is down to earth and very much admits that he is human and makes mistakes.

Reviewed February 2023

Great dude. Tells you what you need to hear without being abrasive.

Reviewed February 2023

Craig listens very well to the topics that I bring up in our sessions and helped me a ton with setting intentions and goals for myself. Whether you need help with setting goals or just talking about the day to day problems, he’s a great person to talk to. I definitely recommend him as a therapist.

Reviewed February 2023

Craig has been a person I can trust during a difficult time. He has been respectful, professional and honest. He has helped guide me and support me. I value my sessions with Craig.

Reviewed December 2022

Helpful, kind, and insightful.

Reviewed December 2022

I appreciate the time I get to speak with Craig, it has helped to take some of the stress of my work and life off my shoulders as I feel like I can't talk to anyone else about it.

Reviewed September 2022

Craig is very helpful to me during a challenging time in my life

Reviewed September 2022

He is awesome

Reviewed August 2022

Just good to talk to

Reviewed July 2022

Keep doing what your doing

Reviewed June 2022

Mr. Rice is very professional on all levels. His expertise, honesty, and compassion are displayed throughout each session. His primary focus is always on the client, helping you to create your best possible self. " What are you doing for yourself?" as a means of creating self-love. He truly focuses on helping you to become your best possible self. Each session radiates positivity in helping a person to foster their own personal growth. Thank you for all your help and guidance.

Reviewed June 2022

Dr. Craig is an amazing, down to earth human being. He puts his patients at ease by his funny & kind attitude with an ability to connect easily. A patient listener who always ends the session by saying he's always there for us and that he can be contacted by any means necessary. He has his way of zeroing in on the main issue(s) and helped me move forward from there. He never looks at the time till he knows that the session's been fruitful. He's the guy I wish I had started out with.

Reviewed June 2022

Dr Rice is an amazing therapist. He has the ability to be fair and see both sides of the picture and can give you alternatives to your dilemma. I have found that Craig will even follow up with a note if you haven’t booked a further appointment. I have used his services three different times. He has helped me with the extreme changes in my life. Last year I had succumbed to a horrific health issue, a spinal cord injury leading to paralysis and being in a wheelchair for life. Due to this I had extreme emotional turmoil accepting what had happened. He took the time to let me vent and then try alternative ways to accept my disability as much as I can. This has changed my whole life and it has been hard to adjust mentally, physically and emotionally. I have constant pain 24 hours a day. Dr Rice continues to support my needs and recently I needed validation with a dilemma concerning a friend of 20 years who lives in another province or state(U.S). A person that I had for 20 plus year and someone that I relied on now does not want see me in person as its too hard for her to see me in a wheelchair. I seeked Dr. Rice about this issue recently and was able to validate my opinion and emotions. He has helped me not to succumb into a deeper depression that I already have now. Please seek his help as he has been able to lift me up from my severe depression.

Reviewed May 2022

Great therapist

Reviewed April 2022

Very good therapist listening to the problem and identitying the issue and helping on it Happy to meet him

Reviewed March 2022

Craig has really helped me out during a hard time in my life. Never have done therapy before and he has made this a easy and fulfilling experience

Reviewed March 2022

Craig has helped me to work on ways to deal with my issues in a positive manner

Reviewed March 2022

I recommend Craig. He’s been veer helpful.

Reviewed January 2022

This is very convenient and very helpful!!

Reviewed January 2022

He is amazing, listens to everything.

Reviewed November 2021

Craig Rice really listen to you and helps you come up with problem solving. When you’re looking someone to talk to or “comfort zone” as I see it, this guys has been that for me. He truly listens to me and helps me get by my problems

Reviewed November 2021

he's so friendly n entertaining , i like how he shares stories abt his life when giving examples in therapy . therapy was fun while i learn something . thank u craig

Reviewed November 2021

Craig is very kind, professional and extremely helpful. His knowledge, attention to detail and his ability to listen and respond in the most appropriate way is what makes him different from others. As a bonus, his background in video calls is so relaxing and beautiful and calms me down. Highly recommended.

Reviewed November 2021

Craig is really supportive and understanding. What's most special is that even when we're talking about difficult topics, I can still laugh.

Reviewed August 2021

Craig has been helping me with a variety of issues in multiple areas. I look forward to working with him more.

Reviewed July 2021

I have never had anyone listen to me like he has treat me like a human being

Reviewed July 2021

Craig is super easy to open up to. He never judges you or looks down upon you. He is respectful on how you feel and what you say.

Reviewed June 2021

Craig is a good counselor he works with you hears what you have to say and he helps you overcome what you are going through

Reviewed April 2021

He has helped me greatly

Reviewed April 2021

He has been amazing! He has provided me with support I needed when is flexible if I need to switch my appointments around

Reviewed March 2021

Craig is being very helpful with addressing the issues I am dealing with.

Reviewed March 2021

Craig speaks to me as the intelligent person I am. He doesn’t sugarcoat things but communicates with a dry wit which I appreciate greatly. He has gotten a read on me very well and I am incredibly grateful for his astute understanding of me

Reviewed February 2021

Craig has provided a lot of very helpful insight to any issues that I am facing. He has also given me great resources to actively help when I am experiencing this issues in real time.

Reviewed January 2021

Craig is a very warm and caring advisor. He is able to question me and help me to get much-needed self-awareness on my patterns and helps me to make sense of my thoughts.

Reviewed November 2020

Craig listens too everything I have to say and gives me information on how to deal with things that are troubling me

Reviewed September 2020

Craig’s awesome, a good listener & wise, I appreciate his support. It’s helping a lot. Thanks Craig

Reviewed August 2020

Craig has been a good listener. He has been very sympathetic and kind.

Reviewed August 2020

Craig has made me feel very comfortable through each session. He gives me great resources to use after our sessions.

Reviewed July 2020

Craig is a nice counselor. He'll listen and will give you what you have to hear. He's good on narrowing down what you're going through by helping you pull out what you've been through.

Reviewed July 2020

Craig was very responsive and accomidating. I appreciate is willingness to help and professionalism.

Reviewed July 2020

Craig listens to what I say and comforts me.

Reviewed June 2020

Feel honoured to be supported by Craig who is making what has been a very tough and personal journey possible through his empathy and professionalism.

Reviewed June 2020

Craig has been great so far. Already recommend BetterHelp to others as an alternative to traditional therapy.

Reviewed June 2020

Craig is an attentive listener and will research if he does not understand something. I have a lot of medical complications and he has been able to get information to understand my needs for counseling. My depression has lessened and my outlook on life has been changed to a more positive thinking process. I would really recommend Craig. He is a great counselor.

Reviewed May 2020

Very helpful!

Reviewed May 2020

Craig is very helpful and monitors the app quite often and has opened his schedule on many occasions just to talk and check in. Very much appreciated and easy to deal with/talk to.

Reviewed April 2020

He's awsome

Reviewed March 2020

Craig is understanding and caring. I think of him as my best friend. He is very helpful with many resources and he always answers me in a timely manner. I highly recommend Craig.

Reviewed March 2020

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Frequently asked questions

Does Craig Rice offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Craig Rice 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 Rice speak?

Craig Rice speaks English.

How many years of experience does Craig Rice have?

Craig Rice has 11 years of experience.

Where is Craig Rice licensed to practice?

Craig Rice is licensed to practice in Minnesota.

Does Craig Rice accept clients outside of the United States?

Yes, Craig Rice accepts 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 Rice offer?

Craig Rice offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with Craig Rice?

Craig Rice 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 Rice?

Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.

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