“Dr. Parks has a deeply empathic understanding of children, adolescents, and young adults. She cares enormously about supporting optimal development for youth and has designed creative and effective methods to achieve this aim. Dr. Parks is equally attuned to the opportunities and challenges for the adults who love and care for youth: as parents, educators, therapists, and administrators. As a professional, she is highly ethical, dependable, and brings a uniform excellence to all aspects of her work. As a person, she is warm, delightful, and a joy to interact with. Working with Dr. Parks is meaningful, enriching, and profoundly satisfying.”

Dr. June Parks’ style and delivery are perfectly suited for marginalized and underrepresented workplace leaders. She has a rare talent for balancing light-heartedness and laughter with the recognition and gravitas her topics and audiences need. Through anecdotes, stories, inspiration, and experiential engagement, she guides participants to reimagine resilience and recognize the tricky systemic dynamics that are often at play. Having seen June speak and facilitate on multiple occasions, I would highly recommend her as a keynote speaker, trainer, and facilitator for any organization wanting to empower their workplace or higher ed audiences to lead, speak up, and prioritize their own well-being.

“Dr. Parks’ presentation allowed me to think about youth resilience in a whole new way. Her presentation was well researched, thoughtful, vulnerable and inspiring. I had several aha moments and key takeaways I’m excited to implement. The things I learned have already helped me to interact with my youth in a more compassionate way.”

“Dr. June Parks created and facilitated a wonderful series of group sessions. Bringing this program to our school was one of the best choices we made. Our students connected with Dr. Parks’ warm, enthusiastic, and down-to-earth style. Moreover, our students-of-color were particularly joyous about seeing a woman-of-color (someone who looked like them, as they said) lead a group on mental health and talk about issues, feelings, and challenges that pertained to their lives. [The group sessions were] therapeutic, without feeling overly clinical, and engaged young people in helping them construct further insights about their experiences and within their lives.”