Jessica A. Parks, MSW, LCSW, ABS

Jessica Parks is a licensed clinical social worker who has been passionately providing counseling services in Illinois since 2010. Her experience includes work with addictions, community mental health, Federal probation counseling, and private therapy practice.
She completed an advanced fellowship on Contextual Behavior Therapy (Acceptance and Commitment, Dialectic Behavior, and Functional Analytic Therapies) at the University of Chicago and holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is licensed to practice in both Illinois and Indiana.
She is an LGBTQ+ affirming, kink aware and body positive therapist. She is passionate about supporting and guiding people through crises of faith and difficult family dynamics that often emerge during exploration of sexual identity. She believes all human beings inherently possess the ability to heal and grow, and that therapy is simply guidance for that process.