Therapists for Seniors in De Forest, WI
I am passionate about working with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing difficult situations that have prevented them from living a healthier lifestyle. My mission is to help you name what's keeping you stuck and identify individual strengths that will help overcome those challenges. I am there to support you in finding and becoming the best version of yourself by letting go of old patterns of thinking and behaviors that are stopping you from being who you want to be! I am there to help parents navigate challenges with supporting their kids. I am also available to provide services in Spanish!
I am passionate about working with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing difficult situations that have prevented them from living a healthier lifestyle. My mission is to help you name what's keeping you stuck and identify individual strengths that will help overcome those challenges. I am there to support you in finding and becoming the best version of yourself by letting go of old patterns of thinking and behaviors that are stopping you from being who you want to be! I am there to help parents navigate challenges with supporting their kids. I am also available to provide services in Spanish!
I work with those from all walks of life, whether you’re crawling from the wreckage of something painful, quietly holding it together on the outside while falling apart on the inside, or simply trying to make sense of who you are and where you’re going. Some of the people I support are kids and teens struggling with big emotions, neurodivergence, or anxiety that makes the world feel too loud. Others are adults, first responders, veterans, caregivers, who’ve always been the strong ones and are now looking for a space to lay their burdens down.
I work with those from all walks of life, whether you’re crawling from the wreckage of something painful, quietly holding it together on the outside while falling apart on the inside, or simply trying to make sense of who you are and where you’re going. Some of the people I support are kids and teens struggling with big emotions, neurodivergence, or anxiety that makes the world feel too loud. Others are adults, first responders, veterans, caregivers, who’ve always been the strong ones and are now looking for a space to lay their burdens down.
In my practice I focus on in supporting women and birthing people through the emotional and psychological transitions of reproductive life. I work with clients across the full spectrum of experiences—from preparing for pregnancy and navigating fertility challenges, to pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, and the often-overlooked stages of perimenopause and menopause.
My goal is to provide a warm, affirming, and nonjudgmental space where clients can explore the complexities of identity, body changes, relationships, and mental health during these pivotal life phases. I understand that each journey is unique a
In my practice I focus on in supporting women and birthing people through the emotional and psychological transitions of reproductive life. I work with clients across the full spectrum of experiences—from preparing for pregnancy and navigating fertility challenges, to pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, and the often-overlooked stages of perimenopause and menopause.
My goal is to provide a warm, affirming, and nonjudgmental space where clients can explore the complexities of identity, body changes, relationships, and mental health during these pivotal life phases. I understand that each journey is unique a
I provide a collaborative space for teens and adults to explore their emotions, relationships, current and earlier life challenges. My relational, processed-focused approach is about using self understanding as a catalyst for change. My ideal client is seeking more than just symptom relief or 'tips and tricks,' although I do believe coping skills are a necessary foundation for deeper work. If you're looking to build insight, self-compassion and emotional understanding, we may work well together. Typically, I assign in-between session practices, but I understand that's not everyone's cup of tea.
I provide a collaborative space for teens and adults to explore their emotions, relationships, current and earlier life challenges. My relational, processed-focused approach is about using self understanding as a catalyst for change. My ideal client is seeking more than just symptom relief or 'tips and tricks,' although I do believe coping skills are a necessary foundation for deeper work. If you're looking to build insight, self-compassion and emotional understanding, we may work well together. Typically, I assign in-between session practices, but I understand that's not everyone's cup of tea.
Feeling stressed? Whether life or trauma, I strive to help my clients regain a positive outlook, as well as rebuilding their strength and resiliency to face life’s challenges and stressors. I offer a safe environment for individuals to work through past hurts, find freedom from ongoing struggles, grow in their true self, and thrive in their lives and relationships. I will help you to develop strategies to manage life's challenges and capture your strengths and help you be empowered through personal growth and change. I am Trauma Certified and trained in several modalities, although believe that you are the expert in you.
Feeling stressed? Whether life or trauma, I strive to help my clients regain a positive outlook, as well as rebuilding their strength and resiliency to face life’s challenges and stressors. I offer a safe environment for individuals to work through past hurts, find freedom from ongoing struggles, grow in their true self, and thrive in their lives and relationships. I will help you to develop strategies to manage life's challenges and capture your strengths and help you be empowered through personal growth and change. I am Trauma Certified and trained in several modalities, although believe that you are the expert in you.
At Whole-istic therapy, we believe mindfulness is a cornerstone of mental health and well-being. Mindfulness, the practice of being fully present, engaged in the current moment without judgment, offers a powerful tool for managing stress, enhancing emotional regulation, and fostering self-awareness. In our practice, we integrate mindfulness principles along with CBT/DBT/MI to support our clients in cultivating resilience and improving their overall quality of life. Whether through guided meditations, breath work, or mindful self-regulation, we strive to help individuals develop skills to navigate life's challenges.
At Whole-istic therapy, we believe mindfulness is a cornerstone of mental health and well-being. Mindfulness, the practice of being fully present, engaged in the current moment without judgment, offers a powerful tool for managing stress, enhancing emotional regulation, and fostering self-awareness. In our practice, we integrate mindfulness principles along with CBT/DBT/MI to support our clients in cultivating resilience and improving their overall quality of life. Whether through guided meditations, breath work, or mindful self-regulation, we strive to help individuals develop skills to navigate life's challenges.
Positive change is possible when a person is provided the tailored support needed to draw upon their own strengths and insight. There is value in knowing and treating the whole person and I focus on the diverse set of characteristics and circumstances that can both create life challenges and be better understood to overcome personal obstacles. Skill building to clarify and address mental health needs, DBT and CBT skill application, increasing confidence and self-esteem, and creating targeted SMART goals are primary elements of my practice. As a certified yoga instructor, I incorporate breathwork and yoga as appropriate.
Positive change is possible when a person is provided the tailored support needed to draw upon their own strengths and insight. There is value in knowing and treating the whole person and I focus on the diverse set of characteristics and circumstances that can both create life challenges and be better understood to overcome personal obstacles. Skill building to clarify and address mental health needs, DBT and CBT skill application, increasing confidence and self-esteem, and creating targeted SMART goals are primary elements of my practice. As a certified yoga instructor, I incorporate breathwork and yoga as appropriate.
Understanding ourselves and our lives can be difficult. On the one hand, our inner critics may be so loud, self-examination is torturous. On the other, well-meaning people in our lives may be so eager to validate us that we are never quite sure we're getting a real picture of who we are. So, counseling is essentially about receiving the support to work creatively with all of this noise long enough to allow change to happen in and through you. The only way to do this to let someone get to know the real you. If we can do that, therapy can be a deeply authentic, radically human, even life-changing encounter!
Understanding ourselves and our lives can be difficult. On the one hand, our inner critics may be so loud, self-examination is torturous. On the other, well-meaning people in our lives may be so eager to validate us that we are never quite sure we're getting a real picture of who we are. So, counseling is essentially about receiving the support to work creatively with all of this noise long enough to allow change to happen in and through you. The only way to do this to let someone get to know the real you. If we can do that, therapy can be a deeply authentic, radically human, even life-changing encounter!
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My focus is to provide practical, solution-focused care that helps individuals navigate ADHD, generalized anxiety disorder, stress, and work-related stress. I draw from a diverse clinical background in mental health, social work, and addictions counseling to support clients in building on their strengths and creating meaningful, sustainable change. My approach emphasizes present-focused strategies, realistic goal-setting, and empowering clients with tools to manage daily challenges with confidence.
My focus is to provide practical, solution-focused care that helps individuals navigate ADHD, generalized anxiety disorder, stress, and work-related stress. I draw from a diverse clinical background in mental health, social work, and addictions counseling to support clients in building on their strengths and creating meaningful, sustainable change. My approach emphasizes present-focused strategies, realistic goal-setting, and empowering clients with tools to manage daily challenges with confidence.
If you're navigating a life transition, or dealing with ADHD, OCD, anxiety, or depression, I'm there with you. I'm currently accepting older teens and adults for telehealth appointments, and I bring a wide range of evidence-based tools to our work together.
Whether you're brand new to therapy or not, my goal is to leave you with real knowledge and skills you can carry with you long after our sessions end. And if you're not sure what you even want out of therapy yet, that's okay! We'll figure it out together, and use concrete outcome measures to track how things are shifting over time.
If you're navigating a life transition, or dealing with ADHD, OCD, anxiety, or depression, I'm there with you. I'm currently accepting older teens and adults for telehealth appointments, and I bring a wide range of evidence-based tools to our work together.
Whether you're brand new to therapy or not, my goal is to leave you with real knowledge and skills you can carry with you long after our sessions end. And if you're not sure what you even want out of therapy yet, that's okay! We'll figure it out together, and use concrete outcome measures to track how things are shifting over time.
Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. - Fred Rogers. Life can be hard and overwhelming at times. Life can be heavy. Sometimes, we don't even know why it's heavy. All of those feelings are valid and okay. You don't have to carry that weight alone. I am here to meet you where you are at and help you identify realistic goals to help improve or maintain your quality of life.
Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. - Fred Rogers. Life can be hard and overwhelming at times. Life can be heavy. Sometimes, we don't even know why it's heavy. All of those feelings are valid and okay. You don't have to carry that weight alone. I am here to meet you where you are at and help you identify realistic goals to help improve or maintain your quality of life.
Shannon is dually licensed to provide services for those struggling with mental health and/or substance use disorders and has been practicing in the field since 2013. Her areas of clinical specialization and experience include working with addictive behaviors/misuse; mood and anxiety disorders; personality disorders; trauma and PTSD; CODA/enmeshment struggles; life transitions; college/young adult struggles; and the athlete population. Far too often, our past trauma has trained us to mask our core selves. Shannon helps her clients to recognize, explore, and find compassion for these masks to connect with one's true self.
Shannon is dually licensed to provide services for those struggling with mental health and/or substance use disorders and has been practicing in the field since 2013. Her areas of clinical specialization and experience include working with addictive behaviors/misuse; mood and anxiety disorders; personality disorders; trauma and PTSD; CODA/enmeshment struggles; life transitions; college/young adult struggles; and the athlete population. Far too often, our past trauma has trained us to mask our core selves. Shannon helps her clients to recognize, explore, and find compassion for these masks to connect with one's true self.
Northern Roots Therapy Center was established to provide an accepting and supportive environment for all individuals in our community. We firmly and passionately believe that every individual who seeks out therapy should be met with kindness and respect, and our staff aims to forge a relationship that feels truly safe. In the therapeutic process, we encourage open conversations between clients and therapists around identity, with attention to how our experiences are informed by our race, gender, sexuality, ability, and other aspects of culture. Our world and the context we live in is ever-changing.
Northern Roots Therapy Center was established to provide an accepting and supportive environment for all individuals in our community. We firmly and passionately believe that every individual who seeks out therapy should be met with kindness and respect, and our staff aims to forge a relationship that feels truly safe. In the therapeutic process, we encourage open conversations between clients and therapists around identity, with attention to how our experiences are informed by our race, gender, sexuality, ability, and other aspects of culture. Our world and the context we live in is ever-changing.
Hi there! Licensed in Nebraska, Iowa & Wisconsin, I have specialized training in treating OCD, anxiety disorders, as well as skin-picking and hair-pulling disorders (BFRBs) using evidence-based approaches. I completed advanced training through the International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute, with a focus on Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). In addition to clinical training, I bring personal insight from my own lived experience with OCD. This perspective informs my work and fuels my passion for helping others challenge OCD with compassion, clarity, and strong therapeutic boundaries.
Hi there! Licensed in Nebraska, Iowa & Wisconsin, I have specialized training in treating OCD, anxiety disorders, as well as skin-picking and hair-pulling disorders (BFRBs) using evidence-based approaches. I completed advanced training through the International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute, with a focus on Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). In addition to clinical training, I bring personal insight from my own lived experience with OCD. This perspective informs my work and fuels my passion for helping others challenge OCD with compassion, clarity, and strong therapeutic boundaries.
She believes that anyone can make changes in their lives if they want to and are encouraged by a strong sense of hope, which is what she makes every effort to provide.
She believes that anyone can make changes in their lives if they want to and are encouraged by a strong sense of hope, which is what she makes every effort to provide.
In our work together, my goal is to support you in exploring your authentic emotional experience, internal challenges, and develop a sense of self-awareness and insight that can allow you to understand yourself and your needs. I hope to support you in making emotional connections between your various life experiences and how those life experiences influence how you view yourself, your relationships, and the world in an effort to work towards a more accepting, patient, and positive image of yourself. I am dedicated to providing a non-judgmental and safe therapeutic environment by offering a personable and empathetic relationship.
In our work together, my goal is to support you in exploring your authentic emotional experience, internal challenges, and develop a sense of self-awareness and insight that can allow you to understand yourself and your needs. I hope to support you in making emotional connections between your various life experiences and how those life experiences influence how you view yourself, your relationships, and the world in an effort to work towards a more accepting, patient, and positive image of yourself. I am dedicated to providing a non-judgmental and safe therapeutic environment by offering a personable and empathetic relationship.
My practice centers around building relationships and learning how to take care of ourselves and others. I find that people come to therapy hoping to find someone to tell them the answers, and my goal is to help people become of aware of the answers they already have: I am not the expert, you are. My practice is based in attachment theory and trauma recovery. My focus is helping people understand the physiological and developmental processes behind their behaviors, and guiding people towards lasting change while providing a caring and compassionate place to heal.
My practice centers around building relationships and learning how to take care of ourselves and others. I find that people come to therapy hoping to find someone to tell them the answers, and my goal is to help people become of aware of the answers they already have: I am not the expert, you are. My practice is based in attachment theory and trauma recovery. My focus is helping people understand the physiological and developmental processes behind their behaviors, and guiding people towards lasting change while providing a caring and compassionate place to heal.
In a safe and non-judgmental environment, I strive to create a collaborative and trusting therapeutic relationship with each of my clients. My goal is to help you identify and understand the obstacles you are facing, recognize and utilize your strengths and work toward enhancing a sense of well-being and personal satisfaction in your life.
In a safe and non-judgmental environment, I strive to create a collaborative and trusting therapeutic relationship with each of my clients. My goal is to help you identify and understand the obstacles you are facing, recognize and utilize your strengths and work toward enhancing a sense of well-being and personal satisfaction in your life.
Hi there! Are you dealing with anxiety, depression, motivation, substance use concerns, self-esteem and confidence, grief and loss, adapting to life transitions, etc.? I will provide you a safe, non-judgmental environment in which to talk about what matters to you. I know each person is unique and complex. I see my job as helping you to develop tools and skills to manage symptoms which are a barrier to feeling better. My goal in therapy is to be accepting, easy to talk with, and act as a guide through the process of empowerment and change. Peace and happiness depends on finding your own, new life pathway to reduce symptoms!
Hi there! Are you dealing with anxiety, depression, motivation, substance use concerns, self-esteem and confidence, grief and loss, adapting to life transitions, etc.? I will provide you a safe, non-judgmental environment in which to talk about what matters to you. I know each person is unique and complex. I see my job as helping you to develop tools and skills to manage symptoms which are a barrier to feeling better. My goal in therapy is to be accepting, easy to talk with, and act as a guide through the process of empowerment and change. Peace and happiness depends on finding your own, new life pathway to reduce symptoms!
I work with individuals navigating complex trauma and ADHD, helping them reconnect with the many parts of themselves that influence how they think, feel, and act. Life experiences shape us, and sometimes parts of ourselves get “stuck” in survival mode. My approach is about recognizing, honoring, and healing these parts so they can move from reacting out of fear or past patterns to responding with awareness, choice, and resilience.Together, we explore the ways your mind, body, and past experiences intersect, building tools to manage overwhelm, regulate emotions, and navigate daily life with more clarity and confidence.
I work with individuals navigating complex trauma and ADHD, helping them reconnect with the many parts of themselves that influence how they think, feel, and act. Life experiences shape us, and sometimes parts of ourselves get “stuck” in survival mode. My approach is about recognizing, honoring, and healing these parts so they can move from reacting out of fear or past patterns to responding with awareness, choice, and resilience.Together, we explore the ways your mind, body, and past experiences intersect, building tools to manage overwhelm, regulate emotions, and navigate daily life with more clarity and confidence.
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FAQ - About Therapy for Seniors
Is one ever too old for mental health therapy?
Individuals of all ages can benefit from mental health therapy. Indeed, older adults in particular may benefit from the social and psychological support a therapist can provide; the topics that older adults address in therapy may simply differ from those of younger clients. Seniors should seek out a therapist who has experience working with older individuals and who is well-versed in addressing common concerns among elderly individuals, such as depression, anxiety, loneliness, and physical mobility challenges.
How is counseling for seniors and the elderly different from counseling for other age groups?
In general, counseling offers an opportunity for clients to process difficult life events and develop coping skills they can use outside of the therapy session. Therapists who specialize in working with elderly clients generally have the same framework but may place a special emphasis on specific topics, such as caregiver relationships and reducing loneliness. They may be specially equipped to deal with certain physical conditions or facilitate discussion surrounding end-of-life topics. Counseling for the elderly may also place a greater emphasis on social work-type topics to ensure that geriatric clients have access to necessary resources, such as food, a safe home environment, and healthcare.
How can therapy improve the quality of life of aging individuals?
Therapy for aging adults can greatly improve quality of life by providing an opportunity for them to process difficult emotions related to end-of-life, navigate relational or caregiver challenges, and develop coping skills for common mental health conditions, like anxiety or depression. Subsequent reductions in negative emotions and mental health disorder symptoms can make day-to-day living much more manageable for aging adults and those that care for them. The ongoing relationship with a trusted therapist can also help seniors combat loneliness and provide a sense of structure for their routine.
What are the qualities to look for in therapists who see seniors?
Seniors counselors, like mental health counselors in general, should be kind, empathetic, skilled at listening, and knowledgeable about their particular area of expertise. Counselors specializing in working with the senior population should be very familiar with the aging process in general and the common conditions that the elderly can face, such as dementia, depression, loneliness, and/or physical illness. Many senior counselors are also well-equipped to help caregivers and families navigate the aging process of their loved ones, and they may draw on Interpersonal Therapy to help facilitate improved interactions between seniors and those that care for them.