What I treat · Impulse control · Milwaukee
Impulse control therapy for Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Impulse-control therapy for Milwaukee residents, with Wisconsin-licensed Amber Miller, MSed., LPC. Telehealth statewide, 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 Impulse control therapy looks like
Impulse control shows up in a lot of shapes: snapping at someone you love before you have caught up to the fact you were angry, spending money you do not have, eating past full, leaving a job in the middle of a hard week, ending a relationship in a single sentence. Most of these are not character flaws. They are patterns with a job.
The work depends on what is underneath. With ADHD, the work is partly executive-function scaffolding. With anxiety, it is partly nervous-system regulation. With shame, it is partly the older work of why the costs have been bearable. We figure out which mix is yours.
How we work on it
CBT and DBT tools come in heavily for the in-the-moment work. Person-centered work holds the longer arc. Most weeks we talk about what happened since the last session, name the pattern, and work on a smaller-cost option to try between sessions.
Impulse-control work is not white-knuckling. It is figuring out what the impulse is for, and whether there is a less expensive version of that same job.
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.