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Holly Parker, Ph.D.
Specialties: Human psychology; relationships; sexuality; denial; trauma, loss, and healing; emotions; self-compassion; health and lifestyle
Home base: Boston
Web site: www.drhollyparker.com
Holly Parker is passionate about supporting people to cultivate a more authentic, fulfilling and meaningful life. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University, where she was a Karen Stone Fellow and Sackler Scholar. She is a lecturer and currently teaches at Harvard Extension school. She also has a therapy practice, where she wor
ks with individual and couples. Dr. Parker’s first book, When Reality Bites: How Denial Helps . . . and What to Do When It Hurts (Hazelden, September 2016) was a gold winner in the 2017 Human Relations Indie Book Awards for best informational human relations indie book. Her second, If We’re Together, Why Do I Feel So Alone?: How to Build Intimacy with an Emotionally Unavailable Partner (Berkley/NAL–Penguin Random House, January 2017) was a winner of the 2018 International Book Awards for self-help in relationships. Dr. Parker also writes a blog on her website www.drhollyparker.com, has been a featured guest on radio programs and has served as an expert for media outlets such as ABC News, Prevention, SELF Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today and The Saturday Evening Post.
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