Depression Therapists in Nashotah, WI
Krista Oelhafen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Krista Oelhafen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 5 years of experience specializing in eating disorders, anxiety, depression, OCD, grief, life transitions, and children's behavioral issues. Krista treats patients between the ages of 5 to 30 utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Exposure Response Prevention, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Family Based Therapy.
Krista Oelhafen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 5 years of experience specializing in eating disorders, anxiety, depression, OCD, grief, life transitions, and children's behavioral issues. Krista treats patients between the ages of 5 to 30 utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Exposure Response Prevention, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Family Based Therapy.
Emma Papenfus
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Emma Papenfus is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Art Therapist in Wisconsin with five years of experience. She studied Psychology and Art at Carroll University and received a Master's Degree in Art Therapy from Mount Mary University. Emma believes in a client-centered approach to therapy, primarily helping clients manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and trauma. She uses a combination of art and talk therapy to support the exploration of emotions and self-regulation within the therapeutic environment. In her spare time, Emma enjoys traveling, working out, making art, and spoiling her two cats.
Emma Papenfus is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Art Therapist in Wisconsin with five years of experience. She studied Psychology and Art at Carroll University and received a Master's Degree in Art Therapy from Mount Mary University. Emma believes in a client-centered approach to therapy, primarily helping clients manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and trauma. She uses a combination of art and talk therapy to support the exploration of emotions and self-regulation within the therapeutic environment. In her spare time, Emma enjoys traveling, working out, making art, and spoiling her two cats.
Paula Swartz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Nashotah, WI 53058
In addition to trauma work, Paula has ample experience in addressing self-harm, non suicidal self-injurious behavior, difficulties in emotional regulation, struggles with managing interpersonal relationships, perfectionism, anxiety, depression and other mood disorders with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Paula Swartz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Wisconsin who has been practicing since 2020. She has a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Paula Swartz is a dedicated trauma-informed therapist with a passion for helping individuals reclaim their lives after experiencing traumatic events. With more than three years of direct clinical experience and seven years in the social services field, Paula has witnessed the transformative power of therapy and witnessed the incredible strength and resilience that comes with being a human being.
In addition to trauma work, Paula has ample experience in addressing self-harm, non suicidal self-injurious behavior, difficulties in emotional regulation, struggles with managing interpersonal relationships, perfectionism, anxiety, depression and other mood disorders with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Paula Swartz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Wisconsin who has been practicing since 2020. She has a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Paula Swartz is a dedicated trauma-informed therapist with a passion for helping individuals reclaim their lives after experiencing traumatic events. With more than three years of direct clinical experience and seven years in the social services field, Paula has witnessed the transformative power of therapy and witnessed the incredible strength and resilience that comes with being a human being.
Amy Bourdo
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Amy is a Licensed Professional Counselor providing psychotherapy services and psycho-educational groups to adults since 2001. Amy has worked extensively with eating disorders on the outpatient and intensive outpatient levels in her private practice and on the inpatient level at Rogers Memorial Hospital. She volunteered for years at the Eating Disorder Foundation in Denver, Colorado, eventually helping them create and open a unique support center dedicated to long term eating disorder recovery. Amy also works extensively with issues of codependency, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, self-esteem and trauma.
Amy is a Licensed Professional Counselor providing psychotherapy services and psycho-educational groups to adults since 2001. Amy has worked extensively with eating disorders on the outpatient and intensive outpatient levels in her private practice and on the inpatient level at Rogers Memorial Hospital. She volunteered for years at the Eating Disorder Foundation in Denver, Colorado, eventually helping them create and open a unique support center dedicated to long term eating disorder recovery. Amy also works extensively with issues of codependency, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, self-esteem and trauma.
Kim Jaeger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Kim has a master's degree in counseling and is a licensed substance abuse counselor and has been in practice since 1987. she believes her personal and professional experiences have helped her to be more understanding, more accepting and more honest with people who are seeking change or healing. She works with a variety of issues including addiction, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, relationship struggles and life stress. She works with adolescents and adults. In working with her, you can expect her to be an active listener, direct yet gentle, compassionate and encouraging.
Kim has a master's degree in counseling and is a licensed substance abuse counselor and has been in practice since 1987. she believes her personal and professional experiences have helped her to be more understanding, more accepting and more honest with people who are seeking change or healing. She works with a variety of issues including addiction, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, relationship struggles and life stress. She works with adolescents and adults. In working with her, you can expect her to be an active listener, direct yet gentle, compassionate and encouraging.
Terri Koschnick
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Terri Koschnick is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), who has been practicing since 2000. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Master's Degree in Counseling. Terri is a Christian counselor who integrates her training in Marriage and Family Therapy with her Christian faith. She provides individual adult, couples and family therapy. Her main areas of focus are treating trauma, anxiety and depression. She has extensive experience in successfully treating women who are, or who have been, in abusive or otherwise toxic relationships.
Terri Koschnick is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), who has been practicing since 2000. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Master's Degree in Counseling. Terri is a Christian counselor who integrates her training in Marriage and Family Therapy with her Christian faith. She provides individual adult, couples and family therapy. Her main areas of focus are treating trauma, anxiety and depression. She has extensive experience in successfully treating women who are, or who have been, in abusive or otherwise toxic relationships.
Nicholas Overbaugh
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Nick is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Substance Abuse Counselor, trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) who provides services to adults, adolescents, and children. He specializes in using Prolonged Exposure Therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He also treats anxiety disorders including OCD, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, and social anxiety using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Nick also provides treatment to individuals with depression, eating disorders, comorbid substance use with anxiety, depression, and trauma, and other concerns such as grief and loss.
Nick is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Substance Abuse Counselor, trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) who provides services to adults, adolescents, and children. He specializes in using Prolonged Exposure Therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He also treats anxiety disorders including OCD, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, and social anxiety using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Nick also provides treatment to individuals with depression, eating disorders, comorbid substance use with anxiety, depression, and trauma, and other concerns such as grief and loss.
April Sobieralski
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Nashotah, WI 53058 (Online Only)
I treat diagnoses related to emotion dysregulation, depression, anxiety, and anger.
I am accepting telehealth clients in Wisconsin, Ohio, and all PsyPact states. I work with adults and adolescents with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns. I tend to use a more behavioral approach to problem-solving while recognizing all of the usefulness of emotions! Generally, my clients have intense emotions and sometimes feel at a loss for how to regulate painful feelings. I help clients who engage in ineffective coping methods - suicidality, self-harm, interpersonal conflict, isolation, emotion dysregulation, etc. - develop skills and build a life worth living beyond the pain of their symptoms.
I treat diagnoses related to emotion dysregulation, depression, anxiety, and anger.
I am accepting telehealth clients in Wisconsin, Ohio, and all PsyPact states. I work with adults and adolescents with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns. I tend to use a more behavioral approach to problem-solving while recognizing all of the usefulness of emotions! Generally, my clients have intense emotions and sometimes feel at a loss for how to regulate painful feelings. I help clients who engage in ineffective coping methods - suicidality, self-harm, interpersonal conflict, isolation, emotion dysregulation, etc. - develop skills and build a life worth living beyond the pain of their symptoms.
Stephanie Tsoris
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Stephanie offers a collaborative and reliable working relationship so clients can unleash their true potential. She will work with you to help bring into awareness the thoughts and feelings that may be interfering with your relationship to yourself and others. Stephanie has been a certified yoga teacher since 2005, and so has a mind, body, spirit approach to therapy that includes understanding the value of present moment awareness and how to master emotions rather than be at the mercy of them.
Stephanie offers a collaborative and reliable working relationship so clients can unleash their true potential. She will work with you to help bring into awareness the thoughts and feelings that may be interfering with your relationship to yourself and others. Stephanie has been a certified yoga teacher since 2005, and so has a mind, body, spirit approach to therapy that includes understanding the value of present moment awareness and how to master emotions rather than be at the mercy of them.
Heather Klemm
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Heather Klemm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been practicing since 2009. She graduated from Iowa State University before completing her education at UW-Milwaukee with a Masters in Social Work. Heather believes in a strength based approach and creating a safe space for each client to address their needs. The importance of telling your story, addressing unhelpful thought patterns, validating emotions, and setting goals for change will guide the therapeutic process. Her main areas of focus include treatment of anxiety, adjustment during life transitions, grief/loss, and eating disorders.
Heather Klemm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been practicing since 2009. She graduated from Iowa State University before completing her education at UW-Milwaukee with a Masters in Social Work. Heather believes in a strength based approach and creating a safe space for each client to address their needs. The importance of telling your story, addressing unhelpful thought patterns, validating emotions, and setting goals for change will guide the therapeutic process. Her main areas of focus include treatment of anxiety, adjustment during life transitions, grief/loss, and eating disorders.
Ann Kratzer
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Ann Kratzer is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wisconsin who has been practicing since 2003. Ann believes each client can learn and grow with the support of a therapist who cares. Clients come to therapy with challenges and figuring out a client's strengths and areas that need improvement can move a client through tough situations. It is important for a client to feel their therapy session is a safe place, free from judgement. Ann will use a person-centered approach and draw from many different techniques depending on the client's unique needs.
Ann Kratzer is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wisconsin who has been practicing since 2003. Ann believes each client can learn and grow with the support of a therapist who cares. Clients come to therapy with challenges and figuring out a client's strengths and areas that need improvement can move a client through tough situations. It is important for a client to feel their therapy session is a safe place, free from judgement. Ann will use a person-centered approach and draw from many different techniques depending on the client's unique needs.
Lynsey Retzlaff
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Nashotah, WI 53058
Substance Abuse Counselor"“In Training who works with adults and received her Master's in Social Work from University of Wisconsin "“ Milwaukee in 2016. She gained extensive experience while working in Residential and Inpatient programs at Rogers Behavioral Health for 8 years and worked at one of the few residential trauma programs in the country. She works collaboratively with you to identify specific needs, as your experience is different from anyone else.
Substance Abuse Counselor"“In Training who works with adults and received her Master's in Social Work from University of Wisconsin "“ Milwaukee in 2016. She gained extensive experience while working in Residential and Inpatient programs at Rogers Behavioral Health for 8 years and worked at one of the few residential trauma programs in the country. She works collaboratively with you to identify specific needs, as your experience is different from anyone else.
Dione M Gisch
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CCATP, NCC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Nashotah, WI 53058
I am a firm believer in the value of personal growth and the unlimited benefits it encompasses. I work collaboratively with my clients in setting and reaching their goals, while providing a safe, genuine, therapeutic relationship.
I am a psychotherapist in private practice with a graduate degree from Marquette University in Counseling, with a Community Counseling emphasis.
The majority of my life has been spent serving young adult, adult, and senior members of my community. My experiences include work with physical medicine & rehab, chronic pain, survivors of sexual abuse, grief/loss, cancer survivors, and homeless women and their children.
I am a firm believer in the value of personal growth and the unlimited benefits it encompasses. I work collaboratively with my clients in setting and reaching their goals, while providing a safe, genuine, therapeutic relationship.
I am a psychotherapist in private practice with a graduate degree from Marquette University in Counseling, with a Community Counseling emphasis.
The majority of my life has been spent serving young adult, adult, and senior members of my community. My experiences include work with physical medicine & rehab, chronic pain, survivors of sexual abuse, grief/loss, cancer survivors, and homeless women and their children.
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Erin M Macier
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
I love working with youth to help with self esteem and behavioral therapy. I use time trusted, evidence based modalities for successful and sustainable treatment. I love working with teens, young adults, and parents. All to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, as well to increase self-esteem and confidence. I also love helping families and couples with bonding and conflict resolution.
I love working with youth to help with self esteem and behavioral therapy. I use time trusted, evidence based modalities for successful and sustainable treatment. I love working with teens, young adults, and parents. All to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, as well to increase self-esteem and confidence. I also love helping families and couples with bonding and conflict resolution.
Sara Beth Austin
Counselor, MA, MA, NCC, DARTT, RYT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
Are your own high standards wearing you down? Tired of constantly striving, but unable to relax? Too much self-control, or overcontrol, makes it hard to enjoy life and connect meaningfully with others. It’s exhausting to feel like you’re always ‘on’, performing, or wearing a mask. Overcontrol can lead to problems like anxiety, depression, disordered eating, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and intimacy avoidance. You don’t have to struggle alone–I’ve been a therapist working with LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other overcontrolled folks for over 10 years. Together, we can help you become more flexible, spontaneous, and authentic.
Are your own high standards wearing you down? Tired of constantly striving, but unable to relax? Too much self-control, or overcontrol, makes it hard to enjoy life and connect meaningfully with others. It’s exhausting to feel like you’re always ‘on’, performing, or wearing a mask. Overcontrol can lead to problems like anxiety, depression, disordered eating, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and intimacy avoidance. You don’t have to struggle alone–I’ve been a therapist working with LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other overcontrolled folks for over 10 years. Together, we can help you become more flexible, spontaneous, and authentic.
Amy Hall
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Waukesha, WI 53188
She specializes in treating depression, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, family conflict, life transitions, and more.
Amy provides an empathetic and supportive approach to identifying solutions and setting goals for an improved life. Amy encourages her clients to understand the relationship between their thoughts, feelings and behaviors in order to engage in life more effectively. Additionally, Amy offers a safe space to explore an individual’s past experiences, learn new coping skills and identify emotional needs. She likes to include family in the therapy process by offering coaching, education, and support in the home setting. Amy is happy to collaborate with schools and other care providers to give the best quality care.
She specializes in treating depression, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, family conflict, life transitions, and more.
Amy provides an empathetic and supportive approach to identifying solutions and setting goals for an improved life. Amy encourages her clients to understand the relationship between their thoughts, feelings and behaviors in order to engage in life more effectively. Additionally, Amy offers a safe space to explore an individual’s past experiences, learn new coping skills and identify emotional needs. She likes to include family in the therapy process by offering coaching, education, and support in the home setting. Amy is happy to collaborate with schools and other care providers to give the best quality care.
Deb Sarnowski
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, SAC
Verified Verified
Waukesha, WI 53188
Life's transitions and conflicts leaving you feeling overwhelmed? Feeling unsupported and weighed down with depression, anxiety, and family struggles? As a therapist, my compassionate and collaborative approach will assist and support you as you cultivate new skills and build hope for the future. I work with adults and adolescents, trauma, relationship difficulties, adult children and parent communication difficulties, life transitions, addictions, and anxiety and depression.
Life's transitions and conflicts leaving you feeling overwhelmed? Feeling unsupported and weighed down with depression, anxiety, and family struggles? As a therapist, my compassionate and collaborative approach will assist and support you as you cultivate new skills and build hope for the future. I work with adults and adolescents, trauma, relationship difficulties, adult children and parent communication difficulties, life transitions, addictions, and anxiety and depression.
Leticia Mayes
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, CCTP-II
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Pewaukee, WI 53072
Have you or your child/adolescent found yourself in a very dark, messy, or hard place in life? Does it feel like you are stuck in quicksand and no matter what you try, you can't get out? I am here to support you in your journey to find relief from overwhelming emotions and painful memories due to trauma, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, or self-harm. I am also here to help parents and children work through attachment obstacles due to adoption or foster care related concerns. It's important to me that each person feels safe in their body and environment while also gaining the ability to trust and connect with others.
Have you or your child/adolescent found yourself in a very dark, messy, or hard place in life? Does it feel like you are stuck in quicksand and no matter what you try, you can't get out? I am here to support you in your journey to find relief from overwhelming emotions and painful memories due to trauma, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, or self-harm. I am also here to help parents and children work through attachment obstacles due to adoption or foster care related concerns. It's important to me that each person feels safe in their body and environment while also gaining the ability to trust and connect with others.
Bloom Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Hartland, WI 53029
Do you feel anxious or depressed? Are you having trouble with relationships, and as a result feel misunderstood and alone? Are you in a rut and find it difficult to move forward? You don't have to live this way any longer. You are not alone! I work with people who struggle with these issues and more! Let me be a listening ear and allow me to provide the tools and skills needed to improve the quality of your life. I help my clients to experience a better understanding of their problems and ways of living that lead to peace.
Do you feel anxious or depressed? Are you having trouble with relationships, and as a result feel misunderstood and alone? Are you in a rut and find it difficult to move forward? You don't have to live this way any longer. You are not alone! I work with people who struggle with these issues and more! Let me be a listening ear and allow me to provide the tools and skills needed to improve the quality of your life. I help my clients to experience a better understanding of their problems and ways of living that lead to peace.
Nicole Lotz
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Waukesha, WI 53188
Nicole Lotz is a Licensed Professional Counselor, who has been practicing since 2020. She graduated from Alverno College with a degree in Community Psychology. Nicole believes in building a genuine, nonjudgmental, trusting relationship that focuses on the individual's strengths. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Nicole's main areas of focus include depression and anxiety. In her spare time, Nicole enjoys hiking, gardening, sewing, and spending time with her various pets.
Nicole Lotz is a Licensed Professional Counselor, who has been practicing since 2020. She graduated from Alverno College with a degree in Community Psychology. Nicole believes in building a genuine, nonjudgmental, trusting relationship that focuses on the individual's strengths. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Nicole's main areas of focus include depression and anxiety. In her spare time, Nicole enjoys hiking, gardening, sewing, and spending time with her various pets.
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.