Hi, I’m Craig.

As a coach, I’m here to help you make your big leap as a creative.

As a counsellor, therapist and meditation teacher, I’m here to help you deal with blocks and issues, and take the next step in life.

Craig Behenna, narrative therapy, meditation and mindfulness teacher, filmmaker and coach

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Hi, I’m Craig
I help artists and professionals to overcome
-Perfectionism
-Anxiety
-The harsh voice of the Inner Critic
-The drive to push harder and achieve more external success that only leads to more emptiness – because you don’t know what your personal definition of success might look like.

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably struggled with these things on your own.

Maybe you’ve achieved a lot of external goals but struggle to let yourself enjoy those achievements.

You give yourself 7.8 seconds to feel enjoyment, but it really feels more like a sense of relief that things turned out well. Then your mind switches onto the next thing because you have to keep moving.

Maybe you try lots of different methods that you ‘put onto yourself’ to make yourself different or push yourself to do things differently. And when those things don’t work, or don’t work long-term, you feel self-punishing. You stress goes up even further and you blame yourself because there’s no one else who can fix it, it must be all my fault. I’m the only one who can solve it.

I don’t see things that way. 

There are reasons why you experience perfectionism, a harsh inner critic.

There are reasons why you experience behaviours that look like self-sabotage. 

There are also ways we can explore your experience of stuckness without being caught in an endless inner battle.

There’s Nothing Wrong With You.

You can grow into a new relationship with these behaviours and these parts of yourself.

You can discover new ways to step into what’s unfolding in your life.

In our work together in therapy and coaching, we do more than just talk.

We develop your connection to your inner voice and your agency.

And we develop ways for you to live according to what you value most.

I came to this work because I saw that some people (myself included) had difficulties with some traditional therapists. They needed an approach grounded in contemporary methods, but that was flexible and open to their needs. No one-size-fits-all approach here.

    What People Are Saying

    “What I most want to say about your work, and working with you:  is that I really feel like you are watching my whole person, not just my performance.  Our focus is on being and doing and breathing and relationship with text all at the same time.  You give so much calm to the process, so much acceptance, that I feel completely comfortable to let those impulses out.  And it is getting to know that impulse again, that has been squashed with years of forceful direction and fear, the impulse that stirs in my gut and comes out of my body in the way it needs and wants to.  It is that stirring inside that I’m getting to know.”

    Emma Beech

    “Craig has a manner about him that immediately relaxes you. His approach to mindfulness is considered and deliberate but undoubtedly free. His ability to combine mindfulness practice with the process of acting is so freeing for someone who often gets stuck in their head! I walked away with many techniques on how to stay grounded in the moment within the work but most importantly to treat myself with kindness even when I think I should be reprimanding myself. Would absolutely recommend working with Craig!”

    Alexander Lloyd.

    Craig’s guided meditation program was an absolute game-changer for me... I was also concurrently completing an in-depth MBSR Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program — it was great, but it couldn’t hold a candle to Craig’s program. I learned so much and I truly believe it was central to helping me cope and work through our collective challenging period. As a psychosynthesis coach, I use imagery and guided visualizations very often with clients and groups. Craig’s program gave me much more confidence and direct instruction to work with others and, ultimately improve my daily practice.”

    Mark Douglas

    Owner, TheSeaWithinYou.com Transpersonal Coaching & Astrology

    Online Coaching and Therapy

    I use a range of contemporary coaching and therapy practices. The work has its basis in

    • Narrative Therapy
    • Psychosynthesis and Transpersonal Psychology
    • Solutions-Based Therapy and Coaching
    • Zen and Buddhist psychology
    • Compassion-Based-Therapy
    • Practices of stillness and awareness, Meditation and Mindfulness-based coaching and therapy

    I also see that sometimes we need a more tailored, specific approach to reestablish our connection with body, mind and spirit. You bring your own unique story and set of personal, cultural and professional experiences. We develop your coaching or therapy process together.

    As leaders seeking to create change in these uncertain and complex environments, there’s a need to grow our own capacities to see the complex human systems at play clearly and act upon those systems with awareness and intention. And our coaches and mentors need to also have those same capacities. Craig understands, and holds without judgment, the emotional underpinnings of human behavior. He’s able to reflect what we need to see of ourselves in order to make the changes necessary to meet new challenges. I highly recommend working with Craig if you want to challenge yourself to grow as a leader.

    David Evans

    VP Product, BetterManager