Family Psychological Services is owned and operated by Wes Crenshaw, PhD. He and his three associates see a broad clientele from Lawrence and Douglas County. Dr. Wes also sees Kansas City Metro clients two days a week at our office in Prairie Village. Kelsey will begin seeing clients on Fridays in Prairie Village in March.

2015 will be a big year for FPS, with state-of-the-art medication management services to clients seen here for psychotherapy services, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration, ePrescribing, convenient client access, and empirically valid protocols.

Please hang in there. We know it's currently very difficult to get an appointment, but help is on the way! We appreciate your business and we want to work with you, and we'll be adding staff through 2015 to meet the demand. We'll be teaching these talented new professionals what they need to know to offer the same top-quality service you've come to expect from Family Psychological Services.

We're building on Dr. Wes's 22 years of experience in business and mental health service delivery to enhance what you and your family get out of treatment, from the time you make your first call to our office, until the time we shake hands and say "good-bye."

Family Psychological Services offers a full range of services for families, children, teens, and college-aged adults and a limited scope of services for adults over age-25.
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• Teens and College-aged Adults
• Children Aged 5 to 12
• Relationships, Sex and Sexuality, Abuse Recovery
• Divorce and Custody
• Pregnancy Planning

• School Problems
• Individual Adults within Scope of Practice
  

 

Wes Crenshaw, PhD is a Kansas Licensed Psychologist who is Certified in Couples and Family Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). Dr. Wes has been a member of the Lawrence community for over 25 years, having received his PhD from the University of Kansas in 1994. He trained with some of the masters in the field, and is skilled and experienced in working with adults, teens and couples.

Dr. Wes has served Lawrence, Douglas County and the greater Kansas City metro since 1999. He is coauthor of the Double Take column published weekly since 2004 in the Lawrence Journal World. He is a frequent guest in Kansas City area media.

Download Dr. Wes Crenshaw's Professional Vitae

"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

Kelsey Daugherty, APRN completed her MSN in December. While that's just the first phase of her training at the UMKC, she is now licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and can prescribe all psychopharmeceuticals except stimulants. She has applied for her DEA number and will be able to prescribe stimulant medication by the end of February. We are currently working to get her empaneled with insurance carriers.

Kelsey attended KU for two years before transferring to Avila University where she received her BSN. She began her career at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after spending a summer in Tanzania working at Bugando Medical Center. She completed practica at Awakenings KC, the KU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Stormont-Vail West, and St. Luke's. While building her practice in Lawrence and Prairie Village, Kelsey will continue her graduate program at UMKC to complete the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) in 2017. Kelsey is an amazing addition to our team.

"Good medication management begins with good communication between the client, the therapist, and the prescriber. Sometimes clients come in feeling they've been on a psychiatric conveyor belt. My goal is that everyone I work with leaves feeling they've been listened to and understood. "

--Kelsey Daughtery

Adrian Zelvy is a Kansas Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). Adrian completed a MA in Counseling Psychology-Counselor Education specializing in Couple and Family Therapy in 2007 from the University of Colorado-Denver. Prior to working as a therapist, Adrian worked with adults and children with disabilities to re-enter the competitive workforce and as a high school teacher.

Adrian has practiced in the Lawrence community since 2008. Prior to that he worked at the Wyandot Center in Kansas City Kansas as a part of Project Redirect – providing court ordered therapy services to juvenile offenders. Adrian began serving children, teens and families in Lawrence with the Bert Nash Center's Child and Family Services Team in 2008. He uses a collaborative approach that maximizes the strengths of those he works with and empowers change.

"I am not here to fix you, because I do not see you as broken. Instead, therapy is a process of identifying and initiating small shifts in our way of thinking, feeling and behaving that lead to healthier patterns of living with ourselves and others. Sometimes taking the first steps can seem difficult, but rest assured we'll take them together."

--Adrian Zelvy, LCPC

Alisha Saucedo MSW has completed her supervision and has been approved to sit for the clinical social work (LSCSW) licensure exam later this month. She is currently credentialed to see KanCare clients and will apply to insurance panels upon receipt of her independent practice license. Until then, Alisha can see clients for $40 per session or insurance clients for the cost of their copay.

Alisha has practiced school social work in the Topeka area since 2008. She also has experience working in acute psychiatric care, juvenile justice, and the foster care system. She brings to FPS a wealth of experience with younger children, adolescents, and families as well as play therapy, behavior modification, solution focused therapy, and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention. She is also certified in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) for adults and children.

"My goal is to provide my clients with the opportunity for change. Whether that's exploring life through play, including the family or community system, or focusing on a solution, my job is to help you reach your full potential.

--Alisha Saucedo, LMSW

 

Maria Cristina Davila, MD FAPA is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst. She owns and operates Awakenings Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for adults and adolescents with mental health and substance abuse concerns at 83rd and Mission in Prairie Village. She serves as a consulting psychiatrist for Family Psychological Services and collaborating physician for Kelsey.

Intensive Outpatient Services provide a much needed resource for adults and adolescents who require more than weekly or twice monthly outpatient service, but are not in need of inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. You can reach Awakenings at 913-381-8555.

"I believe in real collaboration between patient, therapist, and prescriber. By working as a team we can enhance treatment outcomes.

--Maria Cristina Davila, MD FAPA

 

 

Grace, is a Certified Animal Therapist (CAT)*. She assists Dr. Wes by trying to type notes on his laptop during session and napping on the arm of his chair. Lately she's been learning to sit with clients (or on them), but she may ignore you unless you bring string. In fact, she wrote her masters thesis on string theory. Sometimes she plays rough, particularly with boys. Grace likes boys quite a bit. Grace does not like other cats, but she does like puppies as long as they are friendly and cute. She loves birds...which is why we don't usually invite them to session.

If you have allergies to Grace she won't be offended. She can retire to her office or visit with clients in the lobby during your session. Just let us know at the beginning of sessions. Some clients who like cats but are allergic enjoy having this limited exposure to Grace. Dr. Wes does have a HEPA air filter in his office to keep the air clean of allergens.

"Meow. Meow meow meow. Meow. Meow. Purr purr. Snore snore."

--Grace, CAT

*This is a joke. Cats can't be certified as therapists.