What I treat · Self-harm · Racine
Self-harm therapy for Racine, Wisconsin.
Therapy for self-harm patterns for Racine adults and college students, with Wisconsin-licensed Amber Miller, MSed., LPC. Telehealth statewide, in-person at the Superior office. Most insurance accepted, including BadgerCare and Medicaid.
Racine, on the Lake Michigan shore in Racine County, has a steady commuter population to Milwaukee and Kenosha. Telehealth from Racine works as well as it does from anywhere in the southeastern corridor.
What Self-harm therapy looks like
The clients I see who self-harm are usually not in immediate medical danger. They are managing something the rest of their life has no place for. The pattern usually started for understandable reasons. The work is real, slow, and respectful of why it began.
This page is for therapy work. It is not a crisis line. If you are in immediate danger or you cannot keep yourself safe right now, please call 988 (the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or go to your nearest emergency department. Therapy work continues alongside, once you are safe.
How we work on it
Dialectical behavioral skills come in heavily for the in-the-moment work, especially distress-tolerance and emotion-regulation tools. Person-centered work holds the slower arc of figuring out what the pattern protects and what the alternative would look like.
The work is between you and me. We talk through what you want anyone close to you to know or not know about it, and whether and when you want them looped in.
Self-harm is rarely the problem in the deepest sense. It is a solution that started costing more than it solved. The work is finding solutions whose costs are smaller.
How sessions work for Racine clients
Racine 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 Racine
Racine and the surrounding area is home to Gateway 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 Racine
Wisconsin BadgerCare, Medicaid, Medicare, and most major commercial insurance in Racine 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.