Wes Crenshaw
Lawrence, Kansas, United States Email: wescrenshawphd@cs.com
Home page: www.ftimidwest.com
Wes Crenshaw received his PhD from the University of Kansas. He is a licensed psychologist, Board Certified in Family Psychology and directs the Family Therapy Institute Midwest. He is the author of the Routledge (2004) book Treating Families and Children in the Child Protective System: Strategies for Systemic Advocacy and Family Healing and the subject of a new video from the American Psychological Association (2005) on working with abused children and their families. He is presently seeking publication of his new book: Surviving Foster Care: A Handbook for Teens in the Child Protective System. He coauthors a weekly column for teenagers and their parents in the Lawrence Kansas Journal World entitled Double Take (www.ljworld.com). Additionally, Dr. Crenshaw has published articles in:
• The Family Therapy Networker
• Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal
• Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
• Child Welfare
• Psychiatric Services (formerly Hospital and Community Psychiatry)
• Behavioral Sciences and the Law
• The Family Journal
As well as book chapters in:
• (Zeig, J 2001) Changing Directives: The Strategic Therapy of Jay Haley.
• (Hecker & Deacon, 1998). The Therapists Notebook
Dr. Crenshaw has worked with abused children and their families both in and out of the child protective system for 13 years, and has consulted for a number of years with mental health and social service agencies on related topics. He his wife have three children, including one who came to them originally as a foster placement. A popular therapist with adolescents and their families as well as an author and speaker, Dr. Crenshaw is well known as an advocate for the best interest of children.
Interests: Children and Families, Psychotherapy
Published writer: Yes
Freelance: No |
