Dr. David A. Crenshaw PhD, ABPP, RPT-S

David A. Crenshaw, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S, is Chief of Clinical Services at the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie. Dr. Crenshaw is a Board Certified Clinical Psychologist by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a Fellow of the APA Division of Child and Adolescent Psychology, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. He previously taught play therapy courses at Johns Hopkins, and Columbia University, a past President of the NY Association for Play Therapy, and supervised over 100 doctoral and master’s level interns over a 52 year career. He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 18 books and three books of poetry, author or co-author of more than a hundred journal articles and book chapters on the topics of child and adolescent therapy, child trauma and abuse, resilience, play therapy and family therapy. His latest books are the Reflections, Insights, & Hope for the Child Therapist, Heart of Healing a Child (www.selfesteemshop.com); What to Do When Children Clam-Up in Psychotherapy? co-edited with Cathy Malchiodi, and Termination Challenges in Child Psychotherapy co-written with Eliana Gil.