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Credentials

  • Licensed Psychologist

Practice Locations

  • Dallas
  • Online Counseling

Life Stages

  • Adolescents, 13-17 years
  • Adults
  • Children, 10-12
  • Children, 5-9 years
  • Children, under 5 years
  • College, Young Adults
  • Families
  • Seniors, 65+ year

Areas of Focus

  • ADHD/autism/developmental testing
  • Children with disruptive and oppositional behavior
  • Depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts
  • Diagnostic testing
  • Educational testing
  • Testing and assessments
  • Trauma

Languages

  • English

Dr. Nathaniel R. Strenger, PsyD

Director of Clinical Advancement
Staff Psychologist

Philosophy

In my work I draw upon a hope for mutuality, believing that all persons deserve it even when it becomes difficult. So, I value a collaborative, exploratory, and enlightening relationship for healing both in therapy and evaluation. Creativity, conversation, play, coaching, and reflection are all tailored pieces of my approach. I find these useful, even in surprising ways, when I am working with kids, teens, and adults.

Nathaniel R. Strenger, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist and the Director of Clinical Advancement at The Center. As such he provides a variety of clinical services, supervises training therapists, and develops continuing education opportunities for clinicians and the broader public alike. As part of his studies and professional background, he has taught, lead workshops, and written on topics ranging from trauma, spirituality across the lifespan and the practice of psychology, emotional regulation in children, teens, and adults, community coordination in care, parenting concerns, and clergy family issues. He has worked in outpatient community clinics, private practice, medical centers, and in university counseling.

In addition to his work at The Center, Dr. Strenger is also President to the APA’s Dallas Division 39 chapter, the Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (DSPP).  Interviews and writings have been featured in such places as Christianity Today and the Dallas Morning News.

Additional Areas of Focus

  • ADHD/autism/developmental testing
  • Anger management
  • Boundaries
  • Bullying
  • Child and play therapy
  • Children with disruptive and oppositional behavior
  • Codependency
  • Coping with divorce, blended families
  • Depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts
  • Diagnostic testing
  • Educational testing
  • Faith and spirituality
  • Guilt and shame
  • Identity and self-image
  • Men’s issues
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Relationship issues
  • Screen/internet addiction
  • Sexual abuse, childhood sexual abuse
  • Social skills
  • Testing and assessments
  • Trauma

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts Psychology from Wheaton College
  • Master of Arts Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary
  • Psy.D. Clinical Psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology