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You know her medication schedule by heart. You know which nurse actually calls back, which insurance rep to ask for, which specialist runs late. You do not know the last time anyone asked how you’re doing — and if they did, you said you were fine.
I work with moms raising kids who need more: medical complexity, disability, developmental differences, a diagnosis that took three years and four opinions to land. You’re competent at this. You’ve had to be. But competence isn’t the same as okay, and somewhere between the appointments and the advocacy and the therapy exercises you’re supposed to be doing at home, you stopped being a person with your own needs and became the operations department.
The books don’t always go with the child you’re given. I know that personally as well as professionally, and it shapes how I sit with you. You won’t have to open with what you’re grateful for. We’ll make room for the anger, the grief that has no funeral, the resentment you’re not supposed to feel, and the marriage that’s been running on logistics for a while now.
I work from a family systems perspective — meaning we look at the whole household, not just your symptoms — and I use trauma-focused therapy. Early on I’ll ask what you liked and didn’t like about therapy before. I’d rather adapt than have you tolerate a bad fit politely for six weeks.
I also work with kids processing trauma and with teens navigating the shift into college — identity, self-esteem, the anxiety that shows up when everything is supposedly going well. With younger kids I use sand tray therapy, which lets them show me what they can’t yet say out loud. Families often end up seeing me from more than one chair.
What I hope you get out of this: fewer nights lying awake running the day back. A little more room between the thing happening and your reaction to it. The ability to love your kid ferociously and still want things for yourself, without the guilt tax. And honestly — some laughing. Sessions with me are not somber.
I offer a free 15-minute consultation. We’ll talk about what’s going on, what you’re hoping for, and whether I’m the right person for it. If I’m not, I’ll help you figure out who is.
I see children in person in Whitefish Bay and work with teens and adults virtually across Wisconsin. If caregiving exhaustion is what brought you here, you may also want to read Special Needs Parent Burnout.
We offer a free 15-minute phone consult to make sure we’re a good fit. Individual sessions are $200; we’re out-of-network and provide superbills for reimbursement, plus free benefits verification.
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