Strength-Based Therapists in Waukesha County, WI

Alison has experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and adults through individual and family therapy. I am a lyme literate therapist who understands the complexity of living with a chronic illness like lyme disease. In addition to working with clients that struggle with mood or neurodevelopment disorders, I also work with children using play therapy. My experience has provided me insight into the importance of the therapeutic role with each individual. I strive to connect with each individual client in order to help them through their struggles and reach their full potential.

I am a compassionate clinician who enjoys working with individuals (8 years old and above) and families. I have extensive experience in working at acute, higher levels of care including inpatient and day treatment programs. This experience has granted me the opportunity to work with various clientele and diagnoses and help support them in their most vulnerable moments.

Do you feel overwhelmed? Anxious? Depressed? Let's tackle your moods, tasks, and overwhelm together. I know how challenging it can be to prioritize what needs to get done, with the many interruptions throughout the day. Life gets busy and it can be helpful to talk to someone in a judgment free space. My goal is for you to feel an uplifting sense of relief each time we end our sessions. Let's be human together!

Each individual and their story is unique. Because of this, I have an eclectic approach to therapy. This means I pull from different models of therapy depending on what may be best for the client. I draw from solution-focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, motivational interviewing, and treatment based on dialectical behavioral therapy.

In therapy, I work to build a safe therapeutic environment where I can best understand a client's perspective and unique experiences. Emphasis is placed on building trust and authenticity in the therapeutic relationship. I work directly with clients to create meaningful and successful plans for progress and growth. Change is achieved through consideration of the past, while maintaining a focus on the present and working to understand how these experiences impact current concerns.

Are you wondering how to improve your relationship, or if there's a way to resolve hurt feelings from the past? Your relationship is important. You have invested time and effort in hopes to feel more connected and satisfied, but sometimes those efforts result in feeling more hurt, dismissed, and angry. I can help you shift from conflict to talking through problems and understanding each other. Together we will develop personalized interventions to express what you need and resolve past hurt feelings.

Therapy offers HOPE. It has the power to heal and repair. My style is to work collaboratively with you to either change the problem or change your response to the problem. I have over 20 years of experience working in outpatient, inpatient and residential settings and have a comprehensive background in mood disorders, substance use disorders and marital/family concerns. My clients describe me as a warm, skilled therapist who genuinely cares. I will help you be honest with yourself regarding the areas that need change and to trust and lean on your inherent strengths.

My philosophy for therapy is that within everyone is the inherent will to be the best person one can be. Therapy acts as guideposts to assist individuals with developing and rebuilding their internal coping strategies, problem solving skills, and the desire to live life to the fullest. I utilize a wholistic approach to therapy by addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual components in the therapy process

Are you living in a distressed or conflicted marriage? Connection with a skilled and compassionate therapist can help couples work through conflict and ease communication problems. I work with couples facing these issues, as well as infidelity, substance abuse, and lack of intimacy. I believe that by learning new skills, you can deal with problems in a healthier way. Relationships can grow through crisis, and deep healing is possible.

I specialize in working with clients who are overwhelmed with life’s challenges and tend to shut down. I help my clients understand their triggers and find new coping, hope, and healing. Together we will develop new ways to react to life’s challenges. I will help you practice skills to get you unstuck and on the path to living the life you want.

Everybody deserves help. Many clients see me for issues that have been on their mind for years: a difficult transition, a loss or a change they're considering. I would feel privileged if you confided in me. I begin by asking key questions to understand you and your life's context before supporting and guiding you in making the changes you desire - all toward creating a more balanced and meaningful life. Our time and effort together will be worthwhile as we thoroughly address your anxiety, depression, substance use, trauma, relationships or other concerns.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Psychotherapist and PastoralCounselor. My counseling approach is integrative and client centered. I specialize in a brief, solution-focused cognitive behavioral model of therapy. I will be a faithful companion both as a clinician and a pastor on your journey to hope and healing providing a holistic approach to mental, emotional, and spiritual health. I will be sensitive to your personal, cultural, social needs and religious backgrounds and values.

I provide counseling services to individuals (15+) and couples seeking to address challenges they are facing and have a desire to make changes in order to enhance and improve their mental, emotional, and physical health and wellness.

Individuals who may feel stuck in life, who wrestle with depression, anxiety, past trauma, and other mental health needs, are looking for relief, for hope, and for a new way of doing things. People want to feel heard and valued, they want to know that they matter and that their experiences are real. We all have an innate desire "to know and be known."

Life is a struggle sometimes and even then, it can feel like it is a struggle all the time. This can lead to emotional and physical fatigue/pain resulting in a lack of motivation to have relationships with anyone and even ourselves. When we feel like the world is against us is when it is most important to reach out to someone and that is where a therapeutic relationship comes into play. The therapeutic relationship is one that you can trust, feel no judgment, find guidance, and learn to trust yourself again.

I am a Christian therapist that specializes in working with women that have experienced trauma, PTSD, sexual assault, anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, low self-worth, experienced emotional wounds, struggles to self-love, experiences triggers within the context of relationships, and patterns of picking relationship partners/friendships that are unhealthy for you. My goal is to foster healing, reduce/eliminate triggers, increase self-worth and love, reduce anxiety symptoms, and create serenity in the mind body and spirit.