Dr. Parks started working in the field of mental health in 1975. Before going back to school to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, she worked as both a Special Education Teacher and a Rehabilitation Therapist for the State of New York. Immediately after attaining her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1988, she entered private practice as a Clinical Psychologist in Memphis, Tennessee. Since then, Dr. Parks has worked in numerous in-patient and out- patient settings in addition to maintaining a private practice in Clinical Psychology since 1988. In 1997 she moved her family to Carrboro, North Carolina where she started a new practice with a focus on helping adults and adolescents. At this point, she prefers to work with clients who are experiencing uncomfortable levels of stress related to identity issues and major life transitions (such as separation and divorce, career changes, and loss and bereavement).

Dr. Parks has specialized training in the areas of: Psycho-educational and Psycho-diagnostic Testing, Clinical Hypnosis, Family Therapy, EMDR, DBT Therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapies such as Art Therapy and Psychodrama. She has a long-standing research interest in the use of creativity and symbolic reasoning to solve complex psychological problems. Dr. Parks has been certified by the National Register for Health Service Providers in Psychology since 1992, and is an active member of several professional organizations in the areas in which she practices.

Her practice is focused on working with adults who are undergoing major life transitions and need to resolve issues related to personal and professional identity, establishing more fruitful relationships, and learning to express their authentic selves in ways that fit with their values, hopes and future endeavors. She also provides consultation as well as psychological evaluation of children, adolescents and adults. Finally, Dr. Parks provides expressive arts workshops that are aimed at helping people learn to effectively utilize their own creativity in order to explore and resolve issues that hold them back from living a full and productive life.

Choosing the right psychologist can make the difference between an opportunity to change your life for a more comfortable, constructive existence or wasting valuable time being unhappy and unfulfilled. A psychologist who is caring, knowledgeable, accessible and able to understand the uniqueness of your personality offers the best opportunity to bring positive change to your life situation. Dr. Parks is adept at helping each of her clients choose the best therapeutic tools suited to his or her needs.