Mental Health Resources for All

Whether you need counseling, preventative services, or peer support, we have the resources to connect you with trusted, local options.

At the Wisconsin Family Connections Center, we believe that every individual deserves access to compassionate, community-rooted mental health support. Our mission is to strengthen Wisconsin families by connecting them with trusted resources, and that includes help for emotional well-being. Whether you’re looking for adoption-competent therapists, peer support, or help navigating trauma-informed care, this page will guide you to services tailored to your needs. We’re here to guide you toward tools and professionals who understand the challenges you face and are ready to help you and your family thrive.

Therapists & Clinicians

Mental Health Providers in Northern & Western Wisconsin

Explore region-specific directories of mental health clinicians in Wisconsin, including those with experience in foster care, adoption, and trauma.

Downloadable Handouts

Matters of the Heart: Mental Wellness for Children & Youth An overview of children’s mental health needs and practical strategies for caregivers to nurture emotional well-being in children who have experienced trauma.

Practical Tip Sheets

After the Storm: Tips to Help Restore Calm Practical tools for caregivers on how to help children — and themselves — find their footing again after an intense emotional or behavioral episode triggered by trauma.

Self-Harming Behaviors: How You Can Help Your Child Honest, compassionate guidance for caregivers who have discovered a child may be hurting themselves — focused on how to show up with steadiness, understanding, and the right support.

Making the Most of Therapy for the Child in Your Care: Essential tips for caregivers on how to be an active, informed partner in a child’s therapeutic journey — so that the work done in session can take root at home too.

Partners in Healing: Separating Therapy Myths from Reality A direct, reassuring look at the fears and doubts caregivers often bring to therapy — addressing common myths honestly so families can step into the process with confidence rather than hesitation.

The Wider Scope of Therapy: An introduction to the full range of therapeutic approaches available for children in care — helping caregivers understand their options and find what works best for the child in front of them.

Post-Adoption Depression Syndrome: I Thought I’d Be Happy An honest, compassionate look at the unexpected grief, anxiety, and overwhelm some parents experience after adoption finalization — and how to recognize it and find support.

Depression in Teens Who Were Adopted: What Families Need to Know What adoptive families need to understand about depression in adopted teens — including how to recognize it, respond to it, and connect with the right support.

Recorded Trainings

Mental Health 101: An Introduction to NAMI Wisconsin An accessible introduction to NAMI Wisconsin for parents and caregivers — covering the difference between mental health and mental illness, common diagnoses and how they present, and how to get your child the support they need.

Youth and Mental Health: A practical starting point for caregivers learning about the mental health challenges facing the children in their care, including where to find information and how to access the right resources.

The Many Faces of Anxiety: Recognizing and Responding to Fears, Worries, and Panic Concrete language, calming strategies, and communication tools for caregivers learning to recognize and respond to anxiety in all its forms — in the children they care for and in themselves.

When Caring Hurts: Navigating Anxiety and Fear in Trauma-Informed Caregiving A compassionate exploration of how anxiety shows up in the body and mind of caregivers — with practical, trauma-informed strategies for managing fear and maintaining emotional resilience on the hardest days.

Blocked Care: What to Do When You Run Out of Compassion A neuroscience-grounded look at why caregivers sometimes feel apathetic or ineffective — and what blocked care actually is, why it happens, and what you can do when compassion feels out of reach.

Additional Links & Resources

Find Support Specific to Your Family

Explore directories, peer support lines, and digital tools to expand access to mental health support in Wisconsin.

  • Adoptee Therapists in Wisconsin
  • Black Clinicians Milwaukee
  • Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.)’s National Directory of Adoption Competent Professionals. Search this national database to locate qualified adoption therapists in Wisconsin. Read their individual profiles to learn more about them before connecting with them via phone or email.
  • Healthy MKE: Find mental health and substance use care resources for adults, children, and families in Milwaukee County.
  • imi.guide is a digital, research-backed mental health tool that youth can use on their own. It was developed by Hopelab, in partnership with CenterLink and the It Gets Better Project. imi.guide supports and helps LGBTQ+ teens explore and affirm their identity and learn practical ways to cope with sexual and gender minority stress that are helpful, relevant, inclusive, and joyful. This is done through supportive and affirming resources, activities, and stories from LGBTQ+ youth in 4 areas of interest and need: minority stress, queerness and LGBTQ+ identity, internalized stigma, and gender identity and expression.

Crisis Resources

Find Support Today

If you’re unsure where to start, let us help. We’re here to connect Wisconsin families with the right mental health resources, support groups, and services. Email info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org or call 800-762-8063 to speak with a Resource Specialist.

You can also get started by scheduling an appointment at a time that works for you and your family.

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