Ian Crowe, LGPC

“All we can do is breathe the air of the period we live in, carry with us the special burdens of the time, and grow up within those confines. That’s just how things are.”
- Haruki Murakami, Abandoning a Cat

Ian Crowe is a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC) practicing under the supervision of Niki Novak, LMFT, LPC. He has experience supporting adolescents, adults, and couples as they process difficult feelings, relationships, and life transitions.

Ian uses a client-centered and strengths-based integrated approach to counseling including attachment theory, CBT, motivational interviewing, and family systems to help clients make sense of their personal circumstances and experiences. Ian works collaboratively with clients to explore, understand, and strengthen their sense of self and help identify barriers that block them from self-actualization. He works through a holistic, multicultural lens to help clients grow greater insight into their own condition and schema allowing them to feel more empowered and develop new thought and behavior patterns with increased autonomy.

Ian graduated from George Washington University with an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Additionally, he completed his undergraduate degree in Media Arts & Design with a concentration in Digital Video & Cinema and a minor in Film Studies at James Madison University. He still bleeds Purple and Gold.