Above the Waves
Green Bay | Manitowoc | Sheboygan
Most people wait too long. They hold it together at work, show up for everyone, and tell themselves it isn't bad enough yet. This is a list of local people who can help — long before it gets to that.
You don't need a diagnosis or a crisis to make a call. Here's the plain-English version.
30 places to start
From age 5 through adulthood, CORE provides mental health and co-occurring disorder services for individuals, couples, and families. Our nonprofit includes outpatient care in Manitowoc, Shawano, and Waupaca, residential treatment in Manitowoc, and recovery services that provide ongoing support after treatment.
Emotional wellness coaching, consulting, and faith-affirming pastoral counseling for individuals, couples and families. Available in person in Manitowoc and Appleton or by video, and they welcome clients of any faith or none.
Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient care for adults dealing with mental health and co-occurring substance use. Virtual psychiatry is available for medication management and evaluations.
Solution-focused one-on-one and group therapy in downtown Manitowoc, with clinicians trained in DBT, TFCBT and perinatal care. Their whole model is built around making access to care as easy as possible.
A private clinic on Maritime Drive providing therapy and psychological assessment. A good option if you need formal testing — for ADHD, learning differences or diagnostic clarity — alongside counseling.
Outpatient counseling, marriage and family therapy, substance use counseling and psychological testing, plus in-home autism and ABA services. Offices in Two Rivers and Manitowoc.
Theresa walks alongside women through life's thresholds — loss and grief, life transitions, and becoming — creating space for healing, rest, vulnerability and curiosity. Through nervous system care, embodied practices and deep listening, she guides you inward, back to your own wisdom and inner authority, so you can meet yourself with love to cultivate self-trust, courage and your reclamation.
Outpatient counseling, psychotherapy, psychological evaluations and psychiatry inside the Aurora Health Center on Memorial Drive. Useful if you'd rather keep mental health care under the same roof as your other medical care.
Jennifer Kalista, LPC, offers client-centered counseling for neurodivergent and highly sensitive people, with added certification in autism and ADHD care. She also works with midlife and women's issues, parenting support, anxiety, depression and trauma. In person on S. 35th Street or virtual.
Wendy Hutterer, LPC, is a counselor and certified yoga instructor on Washington Street working with adults, seniors and couples on anxiety, grief, relationships and self-esteem. Evening appointments Monday through Wednesday, in person only, self-pay rather than insurance. Starts with a free 15-minute consultation. Also offers one-hour somatic treatments to regulate the nervous system, enhance brain function and reduce emotional reactivity.
A community health center on Calumet Avenue with counseling, psychiatric care and substance use recovery alongside medical, dental, chiropractic and pharmacy services. Therapists work with children from age five through adults, and fees slide based on income for qualifying patients. Open weekdays 7am to 5pm.
Specialized day treatment for adults living with OCD and anxiety, depression and mood disorders, trauma and PTSD, or addiction. Partial hospitalization is also offered for children and adolescents.
Outpatient individual, family and group therapy plus substance use counseling for ages 6 through 65. Clinicians are bilingual across Hmong, Spanish, Mandarin and ASL, with a stated focus on welcoming clients from underserved communities.
A free, welcoming space on N. 8th Street for anyone in recovery from mental health or substance use challenges — somewhere to relax, meet people and join support groups without an appointment. Run by Vista Care.
Center-based and consultative applied behavior analysis for children with autism, ages 2 through 17. Serving Sheboygan and the surrounding communities from S. Business Drive.
A community health center on Saemann Avenue offering individual and group counseling, psychiatric evaluation and medication management, and substance use recovery, plus medical, dental and pharmacy care. Fees slide based on income for qualifying patients, and care is available regardless of insurance status.
Therapy and psychiatry under one roof for ages five through eighty-plus, including EMDR, DBT, medication management and psychological testing. Formerly Nystrom & Associates. Existing patients can book follow-ups online.
A 72-bed psychiatric hospital on Ontario Road offering walk-in assessment any time, inpatient stabilization, medical detox, and step-down day and evening programs for ages 5 through older adults.
Inpatient and outpatient behavioral health for all ages on E. St. Joseph Street: psychiatric, psychological and substance use assessments, medication management, and individual, couples, child and family therapy.
Outpatient counseling, psychotherapy, psychological evaluations and psychiatry in the Aurora BayCare building on Kepler Drive. Appointments generally come through a referral from your Aurora provider.
An outpatient clinic on Springhurst Drive seeing children from age three, teens, adults, couples and families, with trauma-focused CBT and co-parenting support. Two certified therapy dogs work alongside the clinicians.
Free, confidential short-term crisis counseling for Brown County residents of any age, by phone or in person, around the clock. Counselors help you stabilize the moment and then connect you to ongoing care.
Same-day mental health care for kids and teens ages 5 to 18 — no appointment, referral or prior history required. A licensed therapist provides a session, a safety check, and help lining up longer-term support. Run by Children's Wisconsin.
Individual, family, couples and group therapy for ages four and up, with first appointments typically available within a week. Accepts Medicare, Medicaid and BadgerCare as well as most private insurance.
Outpatient counseling, marriage and family therapy, substance use counseling and psychological testing on Shawano Avenue, plus autism assessment and in-home ABA services.
A family-owned outpatient clinic on Bellevue Street seeing clients age six and up, using EMDR, brainspotting, CBT, DBT and art therapy for anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD and autism. Appointments in office, by phone or by video.
Individual, couples and family counseling from age five up, drawing on EMDR, CBT, DBT and Internal Family Systems for grief, life transitions, trauma, anxiety and depression. In person on Willard Drive, virtually statewide, or in partner schools.
Brown County's 16-bed acute care psychiatric hospital for adults in an emergency mental health crisis, offering psychiatric evaluation, medication management and social services. Admissions are screened through the Crisis Center of Family Services.
An integrative psychiatry and Christian wellness center on S. Webster Avenue combining counseling and brainspotting with body-based therapies and multi-hour intensives. Offers a free introductory session, in person or virtual.
At The Therapy Loft, every session has a purpose. We use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) combined with other proven, trauma-informed approaches to get to the root of what's keeping you stuck. Whether you're an athlete losing your edge, a woman recovering from a toxic relationship, or someone carrying trauma you can't shake, there is a way forward. Melissa Rukamp, owner and counselor, is EMDRIA certified and has been a psychotherapist for over 15 years, practicing in outpatient clinics, hospital systems, private practices, and coaching programs.