Craig Kramer, Psychologist in Pembroke Pines, FL

“I am human; nothing human is alien to me.” — Terence, Heauton Timorumenos

I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. I completed my APA-accredited internship at Children’s Institute, Inc. in Los Angeles, California. I received advanced training in Psychoanalysis, Phenomenology, and Existentialism through the Florida Psychoanalytic Center and the Existential Logotherapy Institute. I work with children, adolescents, families, and adults in psychotherapy, addressing a broad range of concerns including trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship stress, and life transitions.

My practice centers on understanding how experiences of trauma, grief and loss, and disappointment—and the shame, guilt, regret, and passivity that often follow—can constrict a person’s inner world and limit a sense of possibility. Drawing from Psychoanalytic, Existential, and Phenomenological perspectives, I offer a thoughtful and steady therapeutic space where experience is taken seriously and explored with care. From a Psychoanalytic perspective, the roots of present difficulties are explored, paying careful attention to emotional themes and relational patterns that shape current struggles. From an Existential perspective, questions of freedom, responsibility, and agency in living are engaged, while also exploring the fundamental conditions of human existence such as isolation, meaning, mortality, and responsibility. From a Phenomenological perspective, lived experience is attended to closely, seeking to understand how the world is felt, interpreted, and encountered.

Through this work, understanding of experiences such as trauma, disappointment, shame, regret, and despair—those that may be constricting a sense of possibility—is deepened, while opening space for new ways of relating to oneself, others, and life. The goal is not only to help reduce immediate symptoms but also to support a deeper and more enduring shift in how individuals live with themselves, others, and the world around them. Through this process, greater emotional freedom, authenticity, and self-direction can emerge, along with an increased capacity to make choices that align with values, desires, and hopes for the future—allowing for a more meaningful and genuinely authentic engagement with life.