What I treat · Grief & loss · La Crosse
Grief counseling for La Crosse, Wisconsin, by telehealth or in person.
Grief and loss counseling for La Crosse residents, with Wisconsin-licensed Amber Miller, MSed., LPC. Telehealth statewide, in-person at the Superior office. Most insurance accepted, including BadgerCare and Medicaid.
La Crosse has UW-La Crosse, Viterbo, and Western Technical College packed into a small footprint, plus a steady commuter population from the Coulee Region. The campus counseling centers are well-run and overstretched. Outside telehealth is often the right call for students wanting continuity past the academic year. Onalaska, Holmen, and West Salem clients are served the same way.
What Grief & loss therapy looks like
Grief work in my practice covers the obvious losses, like the death of a parent, a spouse, a child, a friend, and the less obvious ones (divorce, a friendship that ended, a body that has changed, a future that turned out not to be available). The form of the loss matters less than the fact of it.
There is no normal timeline. The phases people tell you about (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance) come and go and come back. The work is not to finish grieving. The work is to find a way to keep living alongside it.
How we work on it
Most grief sessions are slower than other kinds of therapy. We talk. I do not fill silence. We name what is here. Person-centered work is the spine; other tools come in where they are useful.
Grief is the price of having loved something. The work is not to lower the price.
How sessions work for La Crosse clients
La Crosse 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 La Crosse
La Crosse and the surrounding area is home to UW-La Crosse, Viterbo, and Western Tech. 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 La Crosse
Wisconsin BadgerCare, Medicaid, Medicare, and most major commercial insurance in La Crosse 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.