Craig Caines, MSW, LCSW, CETII

Community Therapist

Craig is a Licensed Certified Social Worker and leader of a weekly group at ACED that emphasizes building connections with self and with others. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Alabama, which he achieved nontraditionally after returning to school in his mid-30s.

Craig has more than six years of training in the triadic method of Sociometry, Psychodrama and group Psychotherapy, and has long counseled those struggling with recovery, trauma and grief issues. Craig utilizes a strengths-based approach in his practice, incorporating “movement and role-playing to engage the whole person in the group process.”

Growing up a “military brat” and crisscrossing the globe with his nuclear family, Craig now appreciates his Alabama home with wife, Rita. He loves to jog and admits to being an “introvert with extrovert tendencies.”