Jeri Parks (none; Jeri/Jeri's)

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

• Autism
• ADHD
• OCD
• Spirituality
• LGBTQ Issues

• Autism

  Misconceptions and stereotypes about autism have resulted in many high-masking, camouflaging, internalizing autistics being misdiagnosed or undiagnosed—particularly those of us who were AFAB. Studies now acknowledge a “lost generation” of autistic adults, as well as the harm caused by certain approaches to treatment. As a late-discovered autistic, I am passionate about offering gentle, empathetic support attuned to your individual experiences, strengths, adaptations, and resilience.

• ADHD

  Awareness is expanding about the vastness of the spectrum of neurodiverse presentations and experiences. As a result, a new era of self-discovery is blossoming for many previously-overlooked women, femme, and AFAB neurodivergents. Further, historically treated as mutually exclusive, new research shows that most people with autism also have ADHD. As someone with this lived experience, I will support you on your journey toward understanding, authenticity, and integration.

• OCD

  Instead of tolerating uncertainty, I-CBT treatment for OCD focuses on recognizing when the mind is constructing a narrative rather than perceiving reality. For those of us who have spent years questioning our own experience, this approach can be clarifying and freeing. OCD targets identity—what you might be capable of, who you might really be. I will support your process without judgment, and with the understanding that the content of obsessions reflects OCD itself, rather than you as a person.

• Spirituality

  Spiritual development is a profound and non-linear process. I offer a grounded, relational, accepting therapeutic space to support you in approaching your unfolding experience with wisdom and steadiness. I can help you find and hold truth within the context of spiritual community, or with navigating disaffiliation.

• LGBTQ Issues

  A sense of connection and safety can be more accessible when you know there is shared lived experience. The interpersonal support I offer under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella is rooted in a dedication to bringing my own late-blooming spirit of openness, creativity, and discovery to the ever-changing intersectional and dynamic process of being in a human body.