Lisa JW Sedlak, MS
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Lisa is licensed in the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Her educational background includes earning a bachelors degree in 1995, with a major in Human Development and Family Studies. After two years of working with families of children with special needs, Lisa returned to earn a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from UW-Stout.
Since earning a masters degree in 1999, Lisa focused on in-home family therapy for a number of years in Minnesota then Wisconsin. Lisa has been an Ad Hoc Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Stout since 2001. She teaches a course on Family Stress, Coping and Adaptation within the Human Development and Family Studies Department. Students taking the course are a mixture of undergraduate and graduate students from varying degree majors.
In 2003, Lisa began private practice out of the Osceola Medical Center. She continued working full time doing in-home work while launching her private practice. As the practice grew, Lisa left in-home work to focus solely on outpatient therapy. The practice has since expanded to include space in the Somerset, WI area one day per week.
SERVICES PROVIDED
Individual therapy with school-aged children, adolescents and adults;
Couples and Family therapy;
Therapy groups: assertiveness, self-esteem, stress management and communication skills;
Psycho-education/workshops: stress management, communication skills;
Informal family or business mediation;
Business consultation;
Wellness Retreats for individuals and couples
SPECIAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Hypnosis
Family Group Decision Making (informal mediation planning)
Nonviolent Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) levels I & II
THERAPEUTIC RESULTS
Mood stabilization
Reduction in family conflict
Decreased anxiety levels
Creating healthier attachments
Support in grief and loss
Relief from feelings of shame and guilt
Better stress management skills
Improvement in communication
Increase in self-esteem
Better control of strong emotions including anger
Reduction in emotional affects of trauma