What I treat · ADHD · Milwaukee
ADHD therapy for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in person or by telehealth.
ADHD therapy for Milwaukee adults and college students, with Wisconsin-licensed Amber Miller, MSed., LPC. Telehealth from home or the dorm, in-person at the Superior office. Most insurance accepted, including BadgerCare and Medicaid.
Milwaukee has the largest absolute population in Wisconsin and a correspondingly long therapy wait at most of the larger group practices. Telehealth from anywhere in Milwaukee (the East Side, Bay View, the North Shore suburbs, Wauwatosa) works as well as in-person for most adult and student work. Marquette, UW-Milwaukee, MSOE, the MATC system, Alverno, and Mount Mary are all part of the regular caseload. Sessions over a parent's plan from a Milwaukee-area address have the same explanation-of-benefits considerations as elsewhere; we will talk through it at the first session if it matters to you.
What ADHD therapy looks like
Before I was a therapist I spent more than ten years teaching in K-12 schools. I have watched what ADHD does to a kid who is otherwise bright, who gets called lazy in fourth grade and starts believing it by ninth. I have also watched what happens when the same person leaves the routines of school and tries to build a life with no syllabus. Most of the adults I see with ADHD did fine until something (a job change, college, a new baby, a move) removed the external scaffolding that had been doing half the work.
ADHD therapy with me is not a pill, and it does not replace one. Most of my ADHD clients are also on medication, and that is the right call for many but not all. What I add is a regular conversation about the parts of your life that medication does not touch: the shame stacked on top of the missed deadlines, the relationships that have absorbed the brunt of the disorganization, the version of yourself you keep promising you will become in January.
What we work on
The work splits into roughly three areas. We can do any of them or all three.
- Executive function and the practical scaffolding around it (calendars, task systems, the parts that don't require willpower)
- Emotional regulation, including rejection sensitivity, irritability, and the all-or-nothing mood swings
- The story you carry about yourself from being undiagnosed for a long time, which is often the heaviest piece
How sessions work for Milwaukee clients
Milwaukee is too far from the Superior office for regular in-person sessions, so this is a telehealth-only relationship. That works as well for this kind of work as in-person. We pick a regular weekly slot and keep it.
If you are at a college in or near Milwaukee
Milwaukee and the surrounding area is home to UW-Milwaukee, Marquette, MSOE, MATC, Alverno, and Mount Mary. I see students from each, regardless of which campus you are on. Telehealth from a dorm or apartment works the same way it works from home. Sessions are confidential. The full angle on student work is on the college student page.
Insurance and cost in Milwaukee
Wisconsin BadgerCare, Medicaid, Medicare, and most major commercial insurance in Milwaukee are in-network. Out-of-pocket is $125 per 50 minutes session. Full detail on the insurance and fees page.
What to do next
If this read like something you recognize, the next step is to schedule the consultation or intake session. The free 15 minutes consult gives us both a sense of whether we would work well together before you book the first paid session. Text, call, or use the form, whichever is easiest.