Don Crowe, PhD
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Dr. Don Crowe is a licensed clinical psychologist, who has been providing counseling and psychological services in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 30 years. He brings his education, professional training and rich life experience to his clinical work with individuals, couples and families. Life guarantees us some portion of necessary losses, troubled feelings, as well as happiness along the way.

Are you experiencing problems within yourself, at work, or with your intimate others? Do you want your life to be different? If so you have to act and think differently. Sometimes we can work things out by ourselves. Other times we need more than just a friend to lean on. If you are thinking it is time to start therapy with an experienced professional I am willing to help.

If you want someone who leads with their heart, is well informed in the science of wellness, is practical and collaborative, consider working with me. In addition to my academic training, I've studied and worked in institutional settings and have been mentored by some extraordinary leaders of my field.
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I have met some important goals and sometimes fallen short.
Like most of us, I have had unexpected losses in my family and have witnessed loved ones die.
I belong to a small book group dedicated to classical/modern fiction.
I am also a serious reader of science, philosophy, physics, history, nature, anthropology, and economics.
Some years ago, I converted to Catholicism and have always been concerned about poverty, hunger, and war.
I believe that caring for the larger community is important to individual growth.
I work with a wide range of clients concerned about their work and relationships.
Among my patients are lawyers, policemen, bankers, physicists, doctors, nurses, and professionals in business, clergy, artists, teachers and career mothers.
I also work with adolescents and pre-adolescents.
My ongoing training throughout my professional life has allowed me to integrate a range of expertise.
Type A behavior; including time urgency, anger, impoverishment in relationship to self and others.
Creating and maintaining the proper life balance; understanding the necessary ingredients for happiness and contentment.
In addition to diagnostic assessment in psychotherapy, I provide separate psychological assessment services for adults.
Psychological assessment of intelligence, achievement, and personality strengths, can help clarify the diagnosis of specific problems, as well as suggest appropriate treatments.
I am especially interested in identifying a person's natural strengths and utilizing them for therapeutic progress.
After completion of my Ph.
D., I completed training as a group psychotherapist from the National Training Lab in Bethel, Maine (1974-1977).
I served as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Coker College, South Carolina (1975-1977).
During this time, I also provided group therapy for Vietnam Veterans suffering from PTSD.
I came to California in 1977 for an internship at the Esalen Institute.
I settled in Oakland and joined the staff of the Institute for Creative and Artistic Development (ICAD), lead by Eugene Sagan, Ph.
Appointments are available Monday through Thursday.
Individual sessions are typically 60 minutes and couple or familiy sessions are 90 minutes.
Fees are due at the time of service or can be made on a monthly basis.
If you have a PPO or POS plan I will provide you a statement and assist you in securing reimbursement form your insurance company.
My fees are competitive with local community standards.
Under special circumstances, I see a few people for a reduced fee.
You may contact me to discuss your financial situation and if I cannot meet your needs I will help you find someone who can.
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