Amber Miller Licensed Professional Counselor, Wisconsin

What I treat · Family conflict

Family therapy across Wisconsin.

Most families are mostly fine and have one or two patterns that have stopped working. You usually do not need a full restart. You need a room with a referee and a little new vocabulary.

Family work in my practice is usually one of three shapes. An adult child and one or both parents trying to reset a relationship that drifted off course. A blended family adjusting to a new configuration, often with adult or college-age stepchildren. The pattern between adult siblings, or between a spouse and the in-laws, that has stopped being workable. We can do any of these, and we will figure out at the consult who comes to the first session.

Family therapy is not the same as individual therapy and it asks different things of the people in the room. Everyone has to be willing to be in the conversation at least a little. I will help with that. Nobody is going to be put on trial in my office, and nobody is going to be told who is the problem.

How we work on it

Most family sessions are everyone in the room, sometimes alternating with individual sessions for one or more members where it would help. We slow conversations down. We name the patterns. We try out a new way of talking inside the room before you take it out into the kitchen at home.

The goal is not to figure out who is right. The goal is to figure out what would actually help.

What this is not

I do couples therapy as part of family work when the partnership is part of the picture, but I am not a couples-only specialist. If you are looking specifically for couples or marriage counseling without the wider family piece, I can refer you to someone who does that as a primary specialty.

What to do next

If family work is what brought you here, the next step is to schedule the consultation or intake session. Usually one family member reaches out; we figure out who shows up to the first session together.

Schedule a free 15 minutes consult →

Common questions

Things people ask before reaching out.

Do you do couples therapy?

As part of family work when the partnership is involved. Not as a primary specialty. If you are looking for couples-only counseling, I can refer you.

How many people come to the first session?

We decide that on the consult call. Often everyone; sometimes one family member first.

Will my plan cover family therapy?

Coverage of family therapy specifically varies more than coverage of individual therapy, so we verify your benefits before the first session. I'm in-network with most major Wisconsin plans, plus Medicare and Medicaid. The insurance and fees page has the rundown.

Where I can see you

By telehealth, anywhere in Wisconsin.

Common cities and college towns where I work with clients on this. If yours is not listed, telehealth covers you all the same.

0 mi Family conflict in Superior Adult-child and parents, blended family, in-laws, the patterns inside the household →360 mi Family conflict in Madison Adult-child and parents, blended family, in-laws, the patterns inside the household →380 mi Family conflict in Milwaukee Adult-child and parents, blended family, in-laws, the patterns inside the household →180 mi Family conflict in Eau Claire Adult-child and parents, blended family, in-laws, the patterns inside the household →280 mi Family conflict in Green Bay Adult-child and parents, blended family, in-laws, the patterns inside the household →270 mi Family conflict in La Crosse Adult-child and parents, blended family, in-laws, the patterns inside the household →260 mi Family conflict in Appleton Adult-child and parents, blended family, in-laws, the patterns inside the household →240 mi Family conflict in Oshkosh Adult-child and parents, blended family, in-laws, the patterns inside the household →

Also serving across Wisconsin

Don't see your city? Telehealth covers any Wisconsin address. Get in touch.

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Reaching out is the hardest part. After that, I take it from there.

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