Bambi Parks, LCSW, SEP, RPT-S™, CCATP
EMDR Certified
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Bambi is a Licensed Certified Social Worker, Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor with over 16 years of experience. She specializes in working with children, adolescents, and adults in trauma, anxiety, relationship, and attachment issues.
Using an integrative approach to therapy, Bambi blends evidence-based techniques to serve her client's varying needs. She believes healing and growth occur in a therapeutic relationship that creates space for patients to feel seen and heard.
Bambi received her Master's of Social work from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock along with a Bachelor‘s of Social Work, with a minor in Psychology, from the same university. Early on, Bambi took interest in treating traumatic experiences and has been trained in
TF-CBT, EMDR, and SE and more playful approaches such as art therapy techniques and sand tray.
With an insatiably curious nature and a passion for learning, Bambi enjoys traveling, meeting new people, and spending time with her family. In her free time, you can find her reading, cooking, or loving on her animals.
Credentials
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Licensed Certified Social Worker
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Advanced Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT)
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Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S)
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Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional
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DBT techniques
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Art Therapy Techniques
- Child-Centered Play Therapy
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Sand Tray
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Level One Foundations Theraplay
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Registered Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Certified
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Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
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Emotional Focused Individual Therapy Level One
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
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Mindfulness Techniques
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Gestalt therapy
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DC: 0-5 trained
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Certificate in Telehealth 15 plus hours of training
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Child Parent Relational Therapy
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CE-Cert training -EBT dealing with secondary trauma and burnout
Associations
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Association of Play Therapy
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EMDR International association
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Somatic experiencing International
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Psychology Today
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Therapy Den
Additional Trainings
Certificate of Play Therapy
Heartland Play Therapy Institute, Inc,
150 hours of Play Therapy Training
Association of Play Therapy International Conference Attendee
Dallas, TX 2019
Little Rock, AR 2021
St. Louis, MO 2022
Association of Play Therapy leadership Academy Graduate
5-month course on leadership with daily online interaction
Integration of Models
EMDR and ART therapy techniques
EMDR and Theraplay
EMDR and Play Therapy
EMDR and Ego States
Total hours:
40 hours supervision training
450 hours of trauma training
50 hours of anxiety training
400 hours of play therapy training
Experience
Bambi has experience in numerous settings: acute hospital, community mental health center for adults, domestic violence shelter, school -based outpatient clinic, and a day treatment facility for children and adolescents. Bambi worked at a group private practice in Conway prior to starting her own private practice working with a variety of populations.
Specialties
but not limited to
Mood Disorders, Co-dependency, peer relationships, Women's issues, Autism, Chronic illness, Family Issues, Social Phobias/ Anxiety, Loneliness, Religious Trauma, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Natural Disasters, Racial Trauma, Childhood Trauma, Domestic Violence, Adoption, Depression, Suicide Prevention, ADHD, Dissociation, LBQTIA+, Adjustment Disorders, Grief/loss, Life Transitions, Career, Stress, Anxiety, School Issues, Work Problems, Relational Distress, Self Esteem Issues, Anger/Aggression, and Behavioral issues
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right-hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.” -Carl R. Rogers,