Headshot November 2022

Get to Know Amber Parden, MD

Meet the psychiatrist at Synchronicity Psychiatry & Therapy, a specialist in child, adolescent, adult women and perinatal psychiatry. Her unique approach to mental health care emphasizes long-term transformation and individual empowerment.

Her expertise spans a variety of psychotherapy modalities, psychoeducation for self-awareness, and, as necessary, the use of psychopharmacological treatment. Dr. Parden’s own journey to healing has enhanced her understanding and empathy for her patients and has inspired her strong focus on holistic and spiritual healing.

Her academic achievements include graduating magna cum laude from medical school in St. Johns, Antigua, before completing her psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine in New York.

She is double board-certified by the ABPN in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. Specialized training in perinatal psychiatry fuels her passion for helping women and mothers.

Empowering women with the skills and understanding to help themselves, and their children thrive and nurture their childhood selves is part of her niche. Synchronicity MD Psychiatry & Therapy offers medication management, personalized therapeutic services, coaching, and holistic health and wellness.

Your journey towards healing and self-discovery starts here.

rose-m-ford-99e23694

Get to Know Rose Ford, LPC

Meet the therapist at Synchronicity Psychiatry & Therapy. Rose is committed to providing an emotionally safe space for you to explore the parts of yourself that make showing up as your most authentic self challenging.  Her warm and non-judgmental approach to therapy afford you a wonderful opportunity to begin your healing journey. 

Her expertise and practice style includes robust psychodynamic therapy along with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Somatic Therapy and integration of IFS (Internal Family Systems). She utilizes an eclectic approach in order to individualize treatment to meet your beautifully unique needs. She takes time to understand you on a deeper level to help bring forth your authenticity.  

Her academic achievements have led her to develop a holistic approach to your wellness. She completed her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology (Health and Wellness) from the University of Houston where she graduated with honors and was chosen as outstanding student in her department. She went on to complete a graduate degree, graduating magna cum laude, from Louisiana State University with her masters degree in counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Rose combines her educational backgrounds to understand you, as a whole person, and the intricate intertwining of your emotional and physical wellbeing.

Rose understands, through her own healing journey, the vulnerability that doing this work can create. She honors the courage you bring forth and treats that courage with the utmost respect. She is careful to always meet you where you are and is sincerely honored to walk along side you on your path to healing and reconnecting with your most authentic self.

Get to Know Carl Parden - Certified Wellness Coach

Carl is a certified Life and Wellness coach specializing in men's growth and wellness.  He works with adult males to help them reach their full potential in many areas of life, including their relationship with self, romantic relationships, and other interpersonal relationships.  He is particularly skilled in helping men to find the limiting beliefs and blocks that are holding them back from their higher selves.  Unlike performance coaches, Carl's focus is on helping men to gain the insight and mindset that allows them to achieve their goals in many aspects of life, not just focusing on competition and winning which can often create disconnection with others.