Therapy for college students, anywhere in Wisconsin.

Before I was a therapist I spent more than a decade teaching in schools. I know what the academic calendar does to a person. I know the rhythm of midterms, the dread of a thesis advisor email, the way the second half of the semester arrives faster than the first, the particular flatness of the week before finals. None of that is in the textbook, and most of it doesn't go away when the semester ends. It comes back the next one.

If you are a college student in Wisconsin, almost any topic in my practice is going to fit. Anxiety. Depression. ADHD that didn't show up until the structure of high school stopped holding it. The aftermath of something that happened before you got to campus. The slow grind of being far from home, or of being home and missing the version of you who left. These are not new problems and they are not signs anything is wrong with you. They are common, they are workable, and they are easier to work on with someone whose only job is to listen.

Why I think therapy outside the campus center is worth it

Campus counseling centers are well-staffed by good clinicians, and most of them are stretched thin. Common limits include a cap on the number of sessions per year, long waits for an intake, and reduced or no service over breaks. None of that is the fault of the clinicians; it is structural. If you want continuous weekly therapy, an outside therapist is often the better fit.

Working with me means the same therapist before, during, and after the semester, sessions on your insurance instead of a per-session campus fee, and a real person on the other end of telehealth from your dorm, apartment, or your parents' house over break. My scheduling window is Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; most students who work with me find a between-class or early-afternoon slot that holds through the semester.

What we usually work on

Every student is a different person, but the topics overlap a lot.

• Anxiety, including the kind that lives in your sleep and your stomach more than your thoughts
• Depression that arrives in the middle of an otherwise fine semester for no obvious reason
• ADHD, the executive-function fallout, and what to do when adderall is not a complete answer
• Family stuff, like coming back home over break and finding it harder than you expected
• Relationships, friendships, the loneliness that doesn't make sense when you are surrounded by people
• Identity questions, including gender, sexuality, and faith ones
• Grief, including grief for the version of yourself you thought college would create
• Burnout, the kind that doesn't lift over winter break

Schools and campuses I serve

Wisconsin telehealth covers anywhere in the state, so it does not matter where your campus is. The students I have seen most often have been at UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Green Bay, UW-Stout, UW-Whitewater, UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Superior, UW-Parkside, Marquette, Lawrence, Beloit, Ripon, St. Norbert, Carroll, Edgewood, Carthage, Concordia, Cardinal Stritch, Northland, the Wisconsin technical colleges, and the tribal colleges. If your school isn't on this list it does not mean I can't see you. It means I haven't seen someone there yet.

If you are in Superior or up at UW-Superior specifically, the office is in town and we can meet in person. If you are at UMD or somewhere else in Duluth and you can cross the bridge, the office is a ten minute drive.

Insurance, cost, parents

Most students I see are on BadgerCare or on a parent's plan. I am credentialed with most major insurance in Wisconsin including BadgerCare, Medicaid, and Medicare, plus the common commercial plans. If you are on a parent's plan, the explanation-of-benefits letter from your insurer will list a vague description of the service (typically something like "outpatient mental health") which may or may not arrive at your parents' address depending on the plan. We can talk about this at the first session if it matters to you. If you want to pay privately to keep this off insurance entirely, that is fine too.

What this looks like in practice

Fifty minutes, telehealth from wherever you are. Weekly or every other week to start. We hold that cadence for four to six sessions, then adjust if a different rhythm fits better. Over breaks we can usually keep meeting; in the in-between weeks between semesters this often becomes the most useful time. Sessions over the summer continue at the same cadence unless you decide otherwise.

There is no homework. We do talk about what came up since the last session, and we sometimes try a small experiment between sessions. Most of it is just regular conversation, slower than the rest of your week, with a person whose only job for that hour is paying attention to you.

The fact that you made it to college does not mean you have to be doing well in college. Both things can be true at once and very often are.

What to do next

If this is the kind of setup you want, the next step is to schedule the consultation or intake session. We figure out together whether weekly therapy fits the semester. If it doesn't, I can usually point you to someone who's a better match.

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