What I treat · Family conflict · Ripon
Family therapy for Ripon, Wisconsin, by telehealth or in person.
Family therapy for Ripon families, with Wisconsin-licensed Amber Miller, MSed., LPC. Telehealth statewide, in-person at the Superior office. Most insurance accepted, including BadgerCare and Medicaid.
Ripon is a small city in Fond du Lac County and the home of Ripon College, a private liberal-arts college of about 700 students. Small-private campus counseling centers tend to be especially stretched relative to their student body; telehealth with an outside therapist is a common choice for Ripon students who want continuity past a session cap or over the summer.
What Family conflict therapy looks like
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.
How sessions work for Ripon clients
Ripon 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 Ripon
Ripon and the surrounding area is home to Ripon. 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 Ripon
Wisconsin BadgerCare, Medicaid, Medicare, and most major commercial insurance in Ripon 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.