About Jennifer
Experience
I am a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Wisconsin and accredited as a clinician through the National Association of Social Workers. I provided psychotherapy for 36 years until December 2021 for both trauma victims and general mental health issues.
My internship at a battered women’s shelter began my passion to develop resources for victims. In order to reach more survivors, I published Coercive Relationships: Find the Answers You Seek in 2021. This book includes knowledge from my training and research, as well as insights I gained from working alongside survivors on their healing journeys. My accomplishments include a curriculum for intimate partner abuse group work, workshops, professional newsletter articles, expert witness testimony, a website blog, and awards from state and local agencies.
Since retiring from clinical practice, I devote my energies to:
- Marketing Coercive Relationships
- Reaching survivors through social media, podcasts, and presentations.
- Publishing a blog that focuses on topics of interest to survivors, professionals, or family and friends concerned about someone they think is being abused.
- Providing specialized training in effective therapy for intimate partner abuse victims.
I developed the Women’s Voices group curriculum in 1991 for female survivors. My curriculum can be adapted for male and nonbinary individuals as well. Anyone interested in information about this curriculum can contact me here.
Credentials
Education
- MSSW – Masters of Science in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1986.
Licenses and Certifications
- Wisconsin Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) – License # 1356-123
- Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Level 2 Certification
Affiliations
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
- Member of Dane County Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Awards
- Lu Ann Gilbert Award presented by the Dane County Commission on Sensitive Crimes’ Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence Task Force, October, 1999.
- Nancy Worcester Domestic Violence Provider award presented by Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, May, 1999.
Jennifer Parker