OUR SERVICES
The Different Ways We Can Work
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
One on One Sessions.
Currently provided virtually either through a secure video platform or by telephone or in person in our office. Individual therapy is traditional talk therapy which can be helpful for many situations;
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Depression therapy
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Anxiety treatment
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Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN)
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Trauma (PTSD) therapy
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Addictions recovery
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Building Self-Esteem/Confidence
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Self-Parenting / Self-Compassion
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Men's issues therapy
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Teen issues counseling
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Childhood anxiety therapy
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Grief and loss counseling
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Anger management
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Stress management
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Personal growth
Individual Sessions begin with an initial 60 minute assessment to get to know you and your past and your current situation in great detail.
BRIEF SOLUTION ORIENTED TRAUMA RESOLUTION (BSOTR)
Brief & Effective Trauma Resolution
BSOTR (Brief Solution-Oriented Trauma Resolution) is a highly sophisticated skill to extinguish body memory of trauma. It works in one-to-two sessions to extinguish somatic symptoms of trauma (flashbacks, startle reaction, nightmares), that works on virtually any and all trauma.
In traditional talk therapy, trauma is resolved by desensitizing a person to the painful events of their past. BSOTR is different in that there is no need to retell and relive traumatic events. With only the most basic of details, your therapist will guide you to take control of your past, heal your younger Self, and empower your current- and future Selves.
This service is currently being provided virtually through a secure video provider or in person in our office. BSOTR treatment begins with an initial 60 minute assessment to get to know you and your past and your current situation in detail.
THERAPEUTIC TABLE TOP ROLE PLAYING GAME (RPG) GROUPS
Growth & Healing Through Imagination
Currently being provided in person in our office and virtually through a secure video platform. There is a long and powerful tradition of utilizing role-play for healing. Through the use of RPGs we are able to help address challenges and provide skills and practice of skills helping with anxiety / social anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms as well as processing grief and loss. We can also target games to help practice and develop social skills as well as improving a building executive functioning skills, believed to help address oppositional and defiant disorders.
Therapeutic RPG groups are an effective way of working with people who may be disinterested or uncomfortable with more traditional therapy.
Therapeutic RPGs can also be helpful in supporting Family Therapy.
Therapeutic RPG begins with a short 30 minute assessment for us to understand you and your personal history to help develop the game to be most helpful for everyone. The groups then meets for 6- 10 sessions once a week that last from between two to two and a half hours long.
WALK AND TALK THERAPY / OUTDOOR WALKING / NATURE THERAPY
Individual Counseling Out In Nature
Provided in person at a local park or nature center in the Milwaukee area. Much like individual therapy, walk and talk therapy, can look a lot like traditional talk therapy which can be helpful for many situations; anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, etc. However, there are advantages to being out in nature with walk and talk therapy and specific techniques that can be used to incorporated nature in walk and talk therapy.
-Natural Stress Reduction
-Less Intimidating Than Face to Face Office & Virtual Therapy
-Integration of Mindfulness & Eco-Therapy Practices in Real Time
-Increased Creativity & Problem Solving for Clients & Therapist
-Natural Increased Positivity
Walking and Talk Therapy Sessions begin with an initial 60 minute assessment (done virtually or in person in the office) to get to know you and your past and your current situation in great detail.
COUPLES THERAPY
Helping Re-Connect
Currently provided virtually through a secure video platform or in our office in person. Traditional couple's therapy focuses on improving communication which can have limited benefits. We work with couples in a couple ways. First by identifying and working to undo unhealthy relationship stances in relationship that keep couples stuck in an unhealthy / unhelpful pattern. Secondly by focusing on re-connecting and rebuilding shared meaning within relationships. Couples Therapy can be helpful with adressing;
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Create safety in intimacy
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Conflict resolution skills training
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Communication skills training
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Enhance your ability to listen
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Talk so you can be heard
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Cultivate positive connection
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Repair and grow trust toward each other
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Assertiveness training
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Premarital counseling
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Help for recovering after an affair
Couples Therapy begin with three initial assessments; the first is with the couple together for 60 minutes to get to know the dynamic of the couple together and the shared understanding of the couple. The additional assessments are 30 minute assessments with each individual to get to know them personally and their individual perspectives about the relationship.
THERAPEUTIC GROUPS
Ways of Working Relationally To Heal & Grow
Working in groups in a powerful way to heal and grow in relation to others in a safe space along side and with the support of a counselor. Joining a group can be an excellent way to increase the benefits of individual work, get a feeling for therapy along side others in a group instead of one on one, and support goals, growth, healing, and skills they may have been found in individual work.
Here are the current main categories of therapeutic groups that we run at The Therapeutic Workshop:
Therapeutic Table Top Role Playing Game Groups
Mindfulness Based Eco-Therapy Groups
Service Industry Relational & Mental Health Support Group
FAMILY THERAPY
Here For Your Family
Currently provided virtually through a secure video platform and in person in our office. Family therapy services are provided from an intensive family therapy model requiring the family to meet at least twice a week and work in a combination of parent/ caregiver sessions, child/ youth sessions, and family sessions, as recommended by the therapist over the course of four to six months. There many challenges that can be addressed in family therapy including;
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Parenting guidance
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Remarriage and Blended Families counseling
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Childhood behavior therapy
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Establish healthy family dynamics
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Conflict resolution
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Parental alienation therapy
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Healthy transitions
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Parenting your teenager
Alternatively, Family Table Top Role Playing Game Therapy could be an affective treatment modality as well, especially for people and young people that might struggle with the idea of traditionally family therapy.
Family Sessions begin with an initial 60 minute assessment splint into time with parents / caregivers alone, young person alone, and then family. Family Sessions are typically 50-80 minute sessions.