David A. Crenshaw, PhD

David A. Crenshaw, PhD David A. Crenshaw, PhD ABPP, RPT-S, is Clinical Director of the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie. Dr. Crenshaw is a licensed psychologist in NYS and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor by the Association for Play Therapy. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Courthouse Dogs Foundation in Seattle. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 22 books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters on topics of child and adolescent therapy, child trauma and abuse. In 2018, he was awarded a 2nd Lifetime Achievement Award by the New York Association for Play Therapy, and in 2021 a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Play Therapy (International). His latest, and perhaps most powerful book, Reflections, Insights, and Hope for the Child Therapist, offers insights from his five-decade long career as a child clinician.  

How to Be Successful in Child Therapy: Lessons From 5 Decades of Practice

By David A. Crenshaw, PhD on 7/23/24 - 7:58 AM

After five decades of working with children, teens, and their families, a therapist shares the key elements of successful interventions they learned.