Teresa F Parnell Psy Dpa

Dr. Teresa F. Parnell is a licensed psychologist who has been serving children, adolescents, and adults in her private practice since 1990. She holds a Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution and is committed to helping clients navigate the challenges and conflicts they face. With a focus on empowering clients to discover their own abilities and learn new skills, Dr. Parnell aims to create a professional environment that encourages growth, advancement, and movement towards progress.

The services offered by Dr. Parnell are problem-focused and resolution-oriented. She provides support during difficult times, with the belief that clients have the capacity to deal with challenges, resolve conflicts, and grow in the process. Dr. Parnell offers a variety of services, including divorce without litigation, collaborative divorce, co-parenting assistance, mediation, and professional education training for professionals.

Divorce Without Litigation

Divorce can be a difficult and emotional experience, and sometimes it becomes unavoidable. However, the process does not have to be destructive. Dr. Parnell offers a collaborative divorce process that allows couples to obtain a divorce without litigation, preserving valuable financial and emotional resources. This process is also available for resolving other family law matters or creating related agreements, such as paternity agreements, prenuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, and domestic partnership agreements.

When a couple shares children, the collaborative process protects your children and helps you begin developing the co-parenting relationship with your spouse that your children desperately need. Throughout the collaborative process, you will have the assistance of attorneys, a mental health professional, and a financial professional who will work with you and your spouse to create solutions and outcomes that consider the interests of all family members.

Co-parenting Assistance

As parents transition from their personal relationship with one another to just their co-parenting roles, challenges can arise. Children do best with family changes when parents develop strategies to communicate, solve problems, and reduce conflict. Dr. Parnell can provide joint co-parenting guidance and individual co-parenting guidance regarding minor or adult children whose parents are no longer in a relationship. She can also provide education or assistance with the parenting plan for minor children.

Mediation

Mediation provides an opportunity for people who are having a dispute to talk about their concerns and to make decisions about how to resolve the dispute with the help of a neutral professional called a mediator. A mediator will not decide who is right or wrong or tell you how to resolve your dispute. The mediator will guide the conversation to help you find solutions that make sense to you and the other person. In mediation, you can resolve some or all of your concerns. Any issues that can be addressed in mediation do not need to be decided by a judge.

Professional Education Training

Dr. Parnell offers professional education training for professionals on a variety of topics, including the Interdisciplinary Team Model of Collaborative Process. Both the required introductory Collaborative training and recommended advanced training is provided. In addition, consultation is available for professionals seeking to develop their Collaborative practice skills or when assistance solving Collaborative team problems arise. Dr. Parnell is also available to speak to professional groups or associations by invitation on a variety of topics.

Other Services

Additional services include Parenting Plan Consultation, Psychotherapy, Client Consultation, Attorney Consultation, and Eldercaring Coordination. To set an appointment or for more specific information about services, please contact Dr. Parnell's office via telephone @ 407-862-2722.