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Evan Parks Psy.D.

About

Evan Parks, Psy.D., serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and is on staff at Kalkaska Memorial Health Center in Kalkaska, Michigan. Evan is the author of Chronic Pain Rehabilitation: Active pain management that helps you get back to the life you love. Before Evan began his work in rehabilitation psychology, he spent 15 years living in Budapest, Hungary traveling throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia teaching principles of mental health and intervening in mental health crisis situations for humanitarian organizations.

Books by Evan Parks Psy.D.
Recent Posts
Manage Fibromyalgia Flare-Ups and Get Back to Enjoying Life

Are negative emotions causing pain or linked to pain? Learn how thoughts, emotions, memory, and behavior lead to pain flare-ups and how awareness brings change.

Are negative emotions causing pain or linked to pain? Learn how thoughts, emotions, memory, and behavior lead to pain flare-ups and how awareness brings change.

How to Find Your Voice

We sacrifice our ability to grow and thrive when we block our difficult thoughts and emotions. Here's how to undo the damage and give voice to our thoughts and emotions.

We sacrifice our ability to grow and thrive when we block our difficult thoughts and emotions. Here's how to undo the damage and give voice to our thoughts and emotions.

Mastering Irrational Anger—Yours and Others'

There are beliefs that underlie healthy and unhealthy anger and tools for helping yourself and others manage emotional distress.

There are beliefs that underlie healthy and unhealthy anger and tools for helping yourself and others manage emotional distress.

The Power of Perception to Reduce Anxiety and Depression

The mind’s ability to explain, problem-solve, and protect is both lifesaving and potentially destructive. Knowing the difference is key to mastering anxiety and depression.

The mind’s ability to explain, problem-solve, and protect is both lifesaving and potentially destructive. Knowing the difference is key to mastering anxiety and depression.

Find the Hidden Anxiety in Your Depression

Anxiety and depression share many common features and often occur together. Recognizing the anxiety-depression cycle can lead to more effective treatment outcomes.

Anxiety and depression share many common features and often occur together. Recognizing the anxiety-depression cycle can lead to more effective treatment outcomes.

5 Ways Weight Loss Can Reduce Chronic Pain

Weight loss can change the biological mechanisms of pain production. Learn the science behind obesity and chronic pain to help break the cycle of chronic pain in your life.

Weight loss can change the biological mechanisms of pain production. Learn the science behind obesity and chronic pain to help break the cycle of chronic pain in your life.