Welcome! I’m Dave Dunn, a dedicated therapist with a passion for helping individuals, couples, and families navigate their mental health journeys.

My primary strength as a therapist is connecting with my clients and helping them understand the feelings and thoughts behind their beliefs and actions, and then helping them learn to love themselves. If we work together, I will strive to help you connect with your core, centered self such that you can make decisions and take actions from a healthy, confident, calm and curious place rather than from a frustrated, angry, depressed or anxious place. I believe we can all live rich, rewarding, meaningful lives and that we all, regardless of how much we are currently suffering, have a core self that knows how to do this. My goal as a therapist is to help my clients put their core selves in the driver’s seat.

I work with clients virtually and in-person at my office in Syracuse, NY. My primary therapeutic approach is Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. I also offer Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).

Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept is a how-to guide for supporting a loved one with anorexia. It will be useful to families who find themselves battling anorexia in their homes, to those who know someone battling anorexia and to professionals who are helping individuals and families struggling with anorexia.

Buy Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept on Amazon.


Praise for Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept

“Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept should be required reading for every family who has a child with an eating disorder. It offers much support and practical advice, and having Kara comment on her experiences makes this book even more powerful and supportive.”

Walter Kaye, MD
Founder & Executive Director
UCSD Eating Disorders Program

Praise for Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept

“Dave is a father who was deeply involved with his daughter’s recovery over a period of years, and this book is chock-full of wisdom based on that experience. His book is a first-hand account of concrete and well-organized advice and skills that can be easily used by other parents and professionals. When you read this book, you feel like you have Dave as a parent support. I strongly recommend this to any parent or professional who finds themself guiding a child/teen through recovery.”

Stephanie Knatz Peck
PHD Associate Clinical Professor / Director, Intensive Family Treatments UCSD Eating Disorders Treatment / Department of Psychiatry Founder & Clinical Director, BrightMind Therapy 

Praise for Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept

“A diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa is accompanied by a steep learning curve for parents and caregivers. Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept can help parents get on top of that learning curve to help their child navigate the path to recovery. The information is extremely easy to read and digest, and I love how comments from the author’s daughter are woven throughout the book. It offers readers a broader perspective, additional dimension, an interesting balance—and, at times, heartbreaking honesty and authenticity.”

Judy Krasna
Parent Advocate

 Praise for Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept

“Voices of lived experience are vital to understanding what it is like to live with, and fight, an eating disorder. Taken together, the insights of Dave Dunn and his daughter Kara are invaluable in integrating current information on eating disorders and offer a perspective that is rarely heard—that of a father and daughter sharing their collective and individual experiences and the powerful lessons they have gained on their journey.”

JD Ouellette
Director of Lived Experience, Equip Health
Peer Coach and Parent Mentor

Praise for Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept

“Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept has helped tremendously in my work with teens and families struggling with Anorexia. It has helped me to better explain the FBT treatment process and what to expect from the parent and teen perspective. It has also helped me better understand Anorexia and what my clients are experiencing in their homes.”

Madison Kingsbury
M.A. Associate Marriage & Family Therapist