Michelle Wilsusen, BCD, LCSW

Motivational interviewing is a technique that enhances your motivation to change and provides you with the confidence to achieve your goals. We all have the ability to make positive changes in our lives, but we need the right type of motivation. Genuine motivation is a combination of desire to change, belief changing will improve your life, and confidence in your ability to change. I can help you increase your odds of changing and sustaining change through this technique.

Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on both problematic thoughts and behaviors that impede our ability to function at an optimal level. Often, there are maladaptive connections between thoughts, emotions and behavior and this type of treatment aims correct these maladaptive patterns. This therapy tends to be shorter-term and more goal-directed; it is less exploratory in nature. 

Psychodyanmic psychotherapy is a type of treatment that will help you to explore your past and provide you with insight around your current behaviors. It focuses on how unconscious drives and desires impede current functioning. The goal is to develop insight around what may be unconsciously holding you back from achieving your current goals. This therapy tends to be longer-term and exploratory. 

Seeking safety is a 26-week treatment that helps clients suffering from trauma and substance use disorders (addiction). If you are suffering from one or both of these conditions this could be the right treatment for you. The goal of this treatment is to provide clients with an array of coping skills to reduce symptoms of trauma and addiction thereby enhancing growth.  

Anger management treatment helps clients who are struggling with impulsivity gain more control over their lives. Impulsivity can cause us to suffer many painful consequences and this treatment will help you to reduce “reactions” and avoid unwanted consequences. 

Sleep is an incredibly important part of our health. Sleep can exacerbate other mental health conditions.  New research has shown that the once suggested 6-8 hours per night may not be enough rest for some. If you are not sleeping well, sleep hygiene may be a skill that can help. Remember sleep is a habit! Practice, practice, practice.