David Crenshaw, PhD, ABPP

Children's Home of Poughkeepsie

David A. Crenshaw, Ph.D, ABPP, is Clinical Director of the Children's Home of Poughkeepsie. He is Past-President of the New York Association for Play Therapy, a Board-Certified Clinical Psychologist; a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a Fellow of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychology, a Fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology, and a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor. He was honored with the Excellence in Psychology Award in 2009 and has received two Lifetime Achievement Awards: in 2012 by the Hudson Valley Psychological Association, and in 2018 by the NY Association for Play Therapy. He is the author/editor/co-editor of 17 books, over 100 book chapters, and journal articles on child aggression, play therapy and child trauma, his latest books co-edited with Cathy Malchiodi are What to Do When Children Clam-Up in Psychotherapy and a book co-written with Eliana Gil titled Termination Challenges in Child Psychotherapy.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: David Crenshaw is the founder and director of Rhinebeck Child and Family Center, LLC. He is the clinical director at Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie. Dr. Crenshaw receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: David Crenshaw is a member of the American Psychological Association; and the New York Association for Play Therapy.