Jessica Parlor, PhD

Licensed Psychologist
6 East 39th Street Suite 600 , New York, New York, 10016
Thank you for your interest - I am currently away from the office practicing what I teach.
Phone: 877-292-6020
Session Fees: $260/session (in-person Manhattan office), $240 (virtual), Dr. Parlor is in-network with Optum, United, Oxford, and Aetna of NY
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This member is also available for online counseling.
Online-counseling methods: Phone, Webcam

Free 15-minute consultation
Nothing to lose, everything to gain.

Meet Dr. Parlor

Dr. Jessica Parlor is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in managing compulsive and intrusive thoughts specifically in how we appraise threat and stress in our environment. She is an expert in anxiety management and OCD treatment. She welcomes intensity including a history of inpatient stay, self-harm, and compulsions that can be feel taboo.

Education and Pedagogy

Prior to being in the world of psychology, Dr. Parlor worked as a case manager and rehabilitative specialist in various community mental health settings, including residential and juvenile detention services. This drove her to wish to have the skillset to dive deeper with her clients. Thus, she left her career in case management to respecialize in therapeutic services, training, and advocacy. She pursued her education with a different degree of interest and understanding. During her academic career with California School of Professional Psychology in LA, she had the opportunity to work with a range of clients from students to high profile public facing elite. As such, she pursued training experiences that would enhance her ability to strategically ramp up or down her service availability for clients. She engaged in extensive training at a high-intensity in-patient internship at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (Bronx, NY) and a post-doc at Elmhurst Hospital Center (Queens, NY). Her diverse experiences extend across community clinics and private practice settings, solidifying her expertise.

In 2022, Dr. Parlor showcased her insights at the International OCD Foundation annual conference, engaging with clinicians and families. Additionally, her role in the hospital Department Diversity Committee included fostering discussions with psychology residents. Her commitment provided invaluable support to individuals grappling with severe mental illnesses and families facing challenges related to phobias and OCD. In her recent capacity as credentialed faculty, Dr. Parlor has extended her influence by providing clinical supervision and guidance to psychiatry residents and psychology interns.

Having spent over a decade in Los Angeles, CA before her New York internship, Dr. Parlor possesses a wealth of experience in supporting individuals, loved ones, and caregivers navigating mental health challenges in urban settings. Her vision for Embracing Alchemy seamlessly integrates this extensive background into the delivery of impactful psychological services and interventions, tailored for both individuals and groups, fostering meaningful transformations.

Clinical Style

Dr. Parlor is a Cognitive Behavioral therapist classically trained in understanding the importance of changing how we think about something as a method of shifting the neuropsychological experience of a situation. The practice of thinking in a way that the "healthier version of self" would think allows our brain to practice this framework and make it a reality. This also includes approaching life and doing things that the healthier self would do. This process requires trust and a moment by moment regulation of distress. Dr. Parlor is profoundly present, comforting, and real in this process. She will not move way from you when it feels intense.

Dr. Parlor is very welcoming to BIPOC and LGBT+ clients.
She is available for in-person sessions at the Manhattan Alchemy office, adjacent to Grand Central. She is also available for telehealth appointments for New York and Colorado based clients.

Dr. Parlor is an in-network provider with Optum, United, Oxfor, and Aetna of New York. We can honor the copay of your policy. She is considered an out-of-network provider for other insurance providers. This means we bill you directly, but can assist in filing a claim for a reimbursement with your insurance provider directly.

Dr. Jessica Parlor Reaches

New York City NY

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