Craig
W. Clark, MA, MFT is a California licensed Marriage, Family Therapist
with private practice offices in Soquel and Santa Clara, California.
He earned his masters degree in Clinical Psychology from John F. Kennedy
University. He became interested in foster and adoptive populations
while an intern with Future Families, where he worked as therapist and
case manager serving to support and maintain children and adolescents
in therapeutic foster and adoptive homes. In that capacity, he also
led parenting groups and taught foster parent licensing classes. In
1999 he helped provide the first series of eight Adoption Clinical Trainings
to mental health professionals and social workers in Santa Clara County,
California.
Craig’s
areas of special interest include working with children and adolescents
with histories of abuse, trauma, neglect and/or loss of parent caregivers.
Often these children have poor attachment qualities and suffer from
symptoms of insecure attachment. In July of 2001 he began training with
Daniel Hughes, PhD, the originator of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy.
This year he completed his fifth year of training with Dr. Hughes. In
2004, he began training in the Theraplay method and has completed training
through the level of Advanced Theraplay and Marschak Interaction Method
workshops. He is currently under supervision with the Theraplay Institute
to complete certification as a Theraplay Therapist.
Craig
is Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University, Graduate School
of Professional Psychology, where he teaches courses in Child and Adolescent
Treatment, Advanced Adolescent Treatment, Theories of Therapeutic Practice,
Clinical Application of Attachment Theory and is a clinical supervisor
at the JFKU Community Counseling Center, in Sunnyvale, CA.
Craig
has presented workshops for Santa Cruz County, DFCS; the Annual Conference
of ATTACh; and for JFK University’s continuing education department.
He contributed a chapter to an edited book, titled: “Creating
Capacity for Attachment: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy in the Treatment
of Trauma-Attachment Disorders”. It was published in July 2005.
Craig is a Registered Clinical Member of ATTACh.
Craig
is a resident of Soquel, California, where he and his wife have lovingly
guided two boys into adulthood.