Forward Choices

Beginning with each client’s strengths and goals, Forward Choices provides outpatient mental health counseling in Milwaukee for children as young as 4 through older adulthood. Therapists address anxiety and depression, attention and focus difficulties, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. They also help clients work through trauma, anger, stress, and challenges at home, school, or work. The practice welcomes LGBTQ+ clients and addresses adoption concerns and dual diagnosis needs.

Client Goals and Therapy Choices

Therapists use the initial assessment to develop treatment plans with clients, who participate in choosing their goals. Individual sessions provide space to explore personal challenges, while marriage and family therapy brings relationship concerns into the conversation. Art and play therapy give clients additional ways to express thoughts and feelings. The practice also has 2 therapy dogs available to join individual sessions and offer comfort during counseling.

Access and Coordination With Physicians

Clients who cannot travel because of distance, transportation, or medical barriers can meet with their therapist through telehealth. Staff offer new clients an opportunity to see a therapist within 48 hours and reserve daily emergency sessions for crisis intervention. Therapists also coordinate with primary care physicians, case managers, and psychiatrists. When clients need medication evaluation, the clinic helps arrange an outside referral rather than prescribing medication itself.