BIOGRAPHY
Gail Parker, Ph.D.
Gail Parker, Ph.D. is a Psychologist in private practice in Bingham
Farms, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Dr. Parker completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree at Duquesne University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and her Master’s and Doctoral degrees at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Parker is a certified Imago Therapist.
Dr. Parker offers individual and group psychotherapy specializing in counseling adults, adolescents, families, singles and couples with a special emphasis on interpersonal relationships including: counseling with divorcing and divorced couples as they work to redefine their relationships, helping divorcing couples form a bond that enables them to more effectively co-parent, and helping couples in interracial and cross-cultural relationships bridge gaps in communication.
Dr. Parker is a lecturer and a workshop leader. Workshop topics include “Conscious Parenting”, “The Art of Loving Yourself”, “The Art of Loving Communication” and “Couplehood as a Spiritual Path”.
Dr. Parker counsels clients experiencing Acute Anxiety Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Dr. Parker has served as a consultant to various Fortune 100 companies, non-profit organizations, and school districts, with a focus on helping these organizations develop inclusive environments through the mastery of cross-racial/cross-cultural dialogue.
Dr. Parker has been an adjunct member of the faculty at the University of Michigan Business School in the Executive Education Department since 1994 teaching effective interpersonal skills to business managers, leaders, and executives.
In addition to her work as a psychotherapist, Dr. Parker is also a Media Psychologist. She is well known for her work as a psychologist/feature reporter on local and national newscasts and has appeared as a psychologist/expert on a variety of nationally syndicated talk shows including several appearances on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. She has appeared on the “The Phil Donahue Show”, “Jenny Jones”, and was a frequent guest host on “PBS Late Night”. She has served as script consultant on nationally featured documentaries for the Public Broadcast System. In July, 2006, Dr. Parker participated as a psychologist expert in a PBS broadcast, “Reclaiming the Village”, a series of broadcasts addressing parenting issues in the African-American family. She also hosted her own radio talk show called “Ask the Psychologist”, on WXYT radio in Detroit.
Dr. Parker is married and is the mother of one son.