Candi Crawford
MS, MA, LPC, NCC
Candi is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Colorado Christian University and a Master of Science in Psychology from the University of Phoenix. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate at Colorado Christian University and is working toward her EMDR certification. She is passionate about mental and emotional health and wellness, and with more than 15 years of counseling experience with churches and church-planting organizations, she brings both lived ministry wisdom and formal clinical training into the therapy room, and she's protective of both.
She operates from a person-centered, trauma-informed, and cognitive behavioral foundation. Person-centered means she meets every client with empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard. Trauma-informed means she is attentive to the experiences people carry and the ways that weight has shaped how they speak, relate, and cope. Her cognitive-behavioral work grounds the warmth of the relationship in practical tools, helping clients notice the patterns between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and gently challenging the narratives that no longer serve them. She believes that no single approach works for everyone, so she integrates a range of theories tailored to each client's presenting issues.
"I work with clients to help them uncover their 'why', to discover their strengths and passions, and together, evaluate how those strengths can be used to nurture a healthier you."- Candi Crawford
Rooted in cultural humility.
Candi is fiercely dedicated to multicultural competence and bringing her whole, curious self to cross-cultural work. She understands that culture shapes everything: how we understand suffering, how we ask for help, and how we experience healing, and she holds that knowledge with respect rather than assumption. Her work with multiethnic ministry and multiethnic church-planting organizations has immersed her in the beautiful complexity of diverse communities, sharpening her ability to sit with clients across differences with genuine attentiveness, compassion, respect, and care.
Faith & therapy, together
Candi is passionate about the intersection of faith and therapy. For the many who desire to integrate faith into this process, therapy does not replace trust in the Lord; it can strengthen it. Scripture consistently holds hope and responsibility together. “Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth” (1 John 3:18, NIV). Prayer matters. Surrender matters… And so does the courageous work of growth.
Therapy is less about repairing broken people and more about repairing the wounds we sustain. It’s about creating space, space for reflection, clarity, skill-building, and compassion. It’s a place where patterns can be explored without shame, emotions can be named safely, and new ways of relating can be practiced intentionally. Therapy invites you to become more aware of yourself, more aligned with your values, and more equipped to engage your relationships with wisdom and care.
Sometimes the action God invites us into is asking for support.
Beyond the counseling room
Candi is an avid reader and loves to listen to music from the '60s to '90s, travel, and sit quietly and reflectively overlooking the ocean and the gulf. She and her husband have been married for quite some time and have two amazing sons. When she isn't engulfed in "guy things" for family time, you'll find her passionately working with church planters, humbly serving in her local church, and diligently working on research and certifications.