"When people come to therapy they don't want to talk to a therapist. They want to talk to a person who knows how to do therapy. Regardless of how well you're trained or how much you know, if a therapist can't talk with kids and families like a regular person, he won't be able to communicate the important ideas of therapy. That's how I try to work with my clients -- like a real person who knows something useful that could bring about change."
--Dr. Wes Crenshaw
Clinical Practice
- Family Therapy Institute Midwest
- 2601 W 6th STE C
- Lawrence, KS 66049
- Phone: 785-371-1414
- Contact by email
- Family Psychological Services LLC
- Box 882
- Lawrence, KS 66044-9998
- Phone: 785-371-1414
- Contact by email
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Dr. Wes In The Media Buy Dr. Wes's books, listen to his radio interviews and download articles and other resources...More information
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- Listen to the Podcast of Dr. Wes on the Dr. Pat Show discussing our books, the Double Take advice columns, and how to begin a real dialog with today's teens on top issues. Dr. Pat takes listener's emails.
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Welcome to Dr-Wes.com, the professional website for Wes Crenshaw PhD covering his clinical and forensic psychology practices and his writing. For nineteen years Dr. Wes has served families with state-of-the art family psychological services. Having trained with some of the masters in the field, Dr. Wes is skilled and experienced in addressing a wide array of problems using the natural energy of the family system.
Dr. Wes is a Kansas Licensed Psychologist and Board Certified in Couples and Family Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He has served families in Lawrence and surrounding area since 1999. He is co-author of the Double Take column published weekly since 2004, and currently in Monday's GO! section of the Lawrence Journal World.
Dr. Wes received his PhD from the University of Kansas in 1994, was licensed in 1995 and founded an internship for doctoral students in Topeka in 1996. He founded the Family Therapy Institute Midwest in 1999, and served as its director until December 2010. Thereafter he opened Family Psychological Services LLC, where he has provided forensic services while continuing to see clincial clients at FTI Midwest. Dr. Wes will announce exciting new plans for his Lawrence practice later this spring!
Dr. Wes on KCTV-5 with Mark Boyles discussing the Three-Es and how parents and other adults can teach kids to avoid becoming bullies.
Check out our new books from the authors of Double Take:
Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens
Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Parents of Teens
On sale now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Hastings, Rainy Day Books
Dr. Wes and teen coauthors are weekly contributors to the Ten to Twenty Parenting Blog including reprints of past Double Take column and other opinion and commentary about raising teens. Check out Ten to Twenty and remember t's a age, not a sentence!
Book Dr. Wes to Speak. Dr. Wes is an accomplished speaker. He has presented programs at the American Psychological Association Continuing Education Conferences, The Erickson Foundation, as well as to local civic groups. You can listen to his radio interviews online to get a feel for his humorous, direct presentation style on topics related to parenting teens. Click here to email us and set up a time for him to speak to your group.
Listen to radio and print interviews with Dr. Wes. Click on the icon to the left to find a listing of appearances on radio station around the country discussing parenting teenagers. Get helpful hints, trends and commentary on teen sexuality, school, mental health, college planning and behavioral concerns.
Download a copy of Dr. Wes Crenshaw's Vita. Click on the icon to the left to download a .pdf of Wes Crenshaw's professional vita, including a complete list of professional publications, degrees, continuing education and employment. This may help professionals and prospective clients determine the fit between Dr. Wes' training and experience and your case.