Lynn Parker
Contact:
Professor
PhD, University of Denver
LCSW-CO
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Craig Hall, Room 338
Telephone: 303-871-3676
E-mail: lparker@du.edu
Areas of interest:
- individual, couples and family therapy
- addressing power, privilege and oppression in therapeutic work
- social justice in couples, families and society
Prof. Lynn Parker is a clinical social work practitioner, family therapist, researcher, educator and author. A direct practice specialist with more than 30 years of experience, she studied with nearly all the founders of the family therapy field. Her book, Transformative Family Therapy: Just Families in a Just Society, was published in 2008.
Prof. Parker provides AAMFT approved clinical supervision and is a faculty member at the Denver Family Institute. At GSSW, she is convener of the Families Track and program coordinator of the Certificate in Couples and Family Therapy. She teaches a wide range of clinical social work courses and a course on global relations and poverty in Mexico.
"Social justice, rather than being a peripheral concern, is central to social work. Issues of power, privilege and oppression are integral to each step of the therapeutic process."
