Broken things
become
whole again.

A counseling practice rooted in the belief that brokenness is not the end of the story, but an opportunity to create a redemptive one with beauty despite the breaks. Candi Crawford walks alongside individuals and couples in Mississippi on the courageous work of healing.

Candi Crawford, counselor at Mend Counseling
15+
Years of Counseling
2
Master's Degrees
LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
NCC
Nationally Certified
The Kintsugi Way

To mend is to
redeem the break.

Kintsugi is the Japanese tradition of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted in gold. The fracture isn't concealed. It's illuminated. The vessel is restored with a unique beauty despite having been broken.

That is the work we do here. Not returning you to who you were before the grief, the trauma, or the disappointment, but walking together to build a life of beauty, honesty, and wholeness despite the breaks.

Your scars are not liabilities. With care and courage, they become the very seams that hold you together.

What I Help With

Caring for your
complete well-being

Every client is unique, so no single approach fits all. I integrate evidence-based therapies with a person-centered, trauma-informed foundation — tailored to you.

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Premarital & Marital

Honest communication, clarified expectations, and durable intimacy — the work that protects a partnership before and after the wedding.

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Trauma & EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a research-based approach that helps the brain heal from memories that keep you tethered.

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Personal & Spiritual Growth

For those who want faith and therapy to work together, we integrate belief with the practical work of becoming whole.

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Communication Breakdown

When "I said this, you heard that" becomes a pattern — rebuilding the sender–receiver loop with humility, patience, and practice.

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Grief & Loss

For the seasons when the sadness doesn't follow the calendar, we provide space to name what's real, honor what's gone, and find your footing.

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Anxiety & Perfectionism

Unlearning the coping strategies that once protected you but now keep you stuck, moving from reaction to response.

How I Work

A grounded,
integrated approach.

Person-centered. Trauma-informed. Cognitive behavioral. Always honest about the work ahead and always confident that you are worth the effort.

  • 01

    Begin with safety

    We start by building a room, a real one and an emotional one, where the most honest parts of you can exhale. No judgment. No rush.

  • 02

    Uncover the "why"

    I help you name the patterns, identify what's been shaping your responses, and understand how your survival brain has been working to protect you.

  • 03

    Integrate proven methods

    EMDR for trauma, cognitive-behavioral tools for anxiety, emotion-focused work for relationships, tailored to what you actually need, not what's trendy.

  • 04

    Practice new patterns

    Insight is the beginning. Change comes from rehearsing new responses until they feel like home. We do this together, at your pace.

  • 05

    Carry the work forward

    My goal is to equip you to walk into the world differently, whole in a way you didn't know you could be.

The biggest step
is the first step.

You don't have to have it all figured out before you walk through the door.

Candi Crawford, MA, MS, LPC, NCC
MA · MS · LPC · NCC

Candi
Crawford

"No one approach works for everyone. Your story deserves a therapist who leads with listening."

Location
Vicksburg, MS
Experience
15+ Years
Education
PhD Candidate

On showing up whole.

Candi is passionate about mental and emotional health and wellness. With more than fifteen years of counseling experience in church 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 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-90s. 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.

Ready to begin?

Reach out to schedule your appointment.

What I help
clients work through.

Every client is unique. No single approach works for everyone. Here's how I work and what I help with. If you don't see your concern listed, reach out anyway.

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Spiritual Concerns

Church hurt, guilt, shame, wrestling with God — integrated thoughtfully and without agenda.

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Marital Counseling

For couples navigating conflict, distance, betrayal, or just a longing for something better. Honest conversation in a safe, structured space.

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Premarital Counseling

The work that protects a marriage before it starts: expectations, communication, conflict styles, family of origin, and faith.

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Trauma & Complex Trauma

For single events and layered histories alike. EMDR and trauma-informed talk therapy to help the brain finish processing what it couldn't in the moment.

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Emotional Fatigue

The kind that doesn't resolve when the calendar turns. We work toward energy, meaning, and a return to the things that once mattered.

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Anxiety & Panic

When worry becomes a full-time job, we learn to distinguish the threat signal from the false alarm and to ground your body when your mind spirals.

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Grief & Loss

Death, divorce, estrangement, miscarriage, the loss of a season or a self. Space to name it, feel it, and carry it differently.

Featured Modality

EMDR:
Eye Movement
Desensitization & Reprocessing.

First introduced by Dr. Francine Shapiro in the 1980s, EMDR is an evidence-based trauma therapy endorsed by the American Psychological Association and the World Health Organization.

Unlike traditional talk therapy, EMDR uses bilateral stimulation, eye movements or side-to-side sensory input, to help the brain reprocess memories that have stayed "stuck." It doesn't erase what happened. It changes the way those memories live in you.

EMDR is considered a brief intervention. Many clients experience meaningful progress in a relatively short number of sessions.

Featured Approach

Investing in
your marriage before the
breaking point.

Candi brings clinical depth and lived experience to couples work — as a certified Prepare/Enrich facilitator, Gottman Level II trained therapist, and co-leader of a transformative couples intensive.

Whether you're preparing for marriage, navigating a difficult season, or simply wanting to go deeper — there is a path forward. The work of a healthy relationship is never finished. It just gets more intentional.

Couples Intensive
Reflect / Refresh

A multiday Christian marriage enrichment intensive designed by Candi and her husband to help couples pause, reconnect, and re-envision what's possible because the work of marriage is not just for emergencies.

Learn more at reflectrefresh.org →
Prepare/Enrich Gottman Level II Reflect / Refresh

Not sure where to start?

That's okay. Most people aren't. The first step in the journey is scheduling your appointment and the rest will become clearer as you go!

The Journal

Writings from
the counseling room.

Reflections on emotional wellness, trauma, communication, and what it looks like to mend. Written by Candi.

← Back to the Journal
New Client Intake

The first step
is a gentle one.

The intake form helps me understand what you're bringing in before our first session, so we can make the most of our time together. It takes about 10 minutes. Everything you share is confidential.

Client Intake Form

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*). You can also download a printable PDF version below.

Personal Information

Emergency Contact

What Brings You In

Scheduling Preferences

✦

Thank you for reaching out.

Your intake has been received. Candi will personally review it and reach out within one business day to schedule your first appointment.

Prefer paper? You can download a PDF version, complete it at your own pace, and bring it to your first session.

Schedule a Session

Let's begin the work.

Reaching out is the hardest part. Request a session through Mend Counseling's secure client portal, or reach Candi directly by email. Most messages are returned within one business day.

Practice
Mend Counseling, LLC
Address
520 Depot Street
Vicksburg, MS 39180
Phone
(601) 456-0408
Hours
By appointment only
Mon – Thu
Availability
During business hours, I am with clients, so please text or email me and I will respond as quickly as possible.
Crisis/Emergency
Mend Counseling is NOT a crisis/emergency center. If you are contacting us regarding a crisis or emergency, please reach out to one of the resources below immediately:
  • Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)
  • Text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line)
  • Visit https://988lifeline.org
  • Visit https://www.crisistextline.org
  • Call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room

Request a Session

Reaching out is the hardest part. The easiest way to connect with Candi is by email — she'll personally respond, usually within one business day.

✦ A secure online request portal is coming soon.