LPC
DSPS
6027-125, Wisconsin
Margaret (Brittany) Bester
(Please ask me my pronouns)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Accepting clients
Updated 4 days ago
21 years in practice
Current availability, all identities welcome, experienced and passionate professionals working with a variety of diagnosis' and symptoms.
We are an outpatient therapy clinic that offers support for individuals experiencing a wide-range of mental health symptoms. We are passionate about the work that we do and the people that we strive to support. We have a handful of clinicians that range in gender, age, and specialties around diagnosis' they work with as well as treatment models that they use. Wisemind is a safe space where everyone is encouraged to receive support and compassion.
Remote / In-person
Speaks English
Emergency number not available
Treats suicidal ideationWhiteCisgender WomanHeterosexualQueerUnaffiliated: secular/nonreligious/agnostic/atheistLGBTQIA+ ally
Practice hours (CST)
Sun
closed
Mon
7:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tue
7:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wed
7:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thu
7:00 am – 9:00 pm
Fri
7:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sat
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Accepts new patients after hospitalization for
- Manic episodes
- Severe depression
- Self-harming behavior
- Suicidal intent or a plan
- Altered mental status or delirium
- Psychosis (delusions and hallucinations)
- Escalating reckless or impulsive behavior
- Suicide attempt
- Severe emotional stress or trauma
Reserves times throughout the week for new clients after discharge from the hospital.
Adjusts scheduling to accommodate new clients after their hospitalization.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Abuse
- Academic Concerns
- Adoption
- Aging
- Anger Issues
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Avoidant Personality
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Cognitive Functioning
- Conflict Resolution
- Dependent Personality
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce
- End of Life
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gaming/Internet Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Histrionic Personality
- Hoarding
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intimacy Concerns
- Learning Disorder
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Men's Issues
- Narcissistic Personality
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
- Panic
- Paranoid Personality
- Parenting Concerns
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Personality Disorders
- Phobia
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Polyamorous relationship
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy/Loss of Pregnancy
- Racial Identity
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sex Addiction/Pornography Concerns
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexual Identity
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Spiritual/Religious Concerns
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Children (under 10)
- Preteens (10-12)
- Teens (13-17)
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Special groups
- Adult children of alcoholics
- Neurodivergent people
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Assessment/Evaluation
- Behavior Modification
- Communal Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Academic Coaching
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Anger Management
- Animal-Assisted Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapies
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Coaching
- Behavior Therapy
- Body Image Therapy
- Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Brief Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Coaching
- Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eclectic Approaches
- Emotional Support Animal Assessment
- Erikson/Psychosocial Development
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Experiential Psychotherapy
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Family Systems Therapy
- Feminist Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Gestalt Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP)
- Mindfulness Training
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Non-Violent Communication Process
- Object Relations Therapy
- Parent Management Training (PMT)
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Process-Oriented Psychology
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Relationship Enhancement Therapy
- Social Skills Training
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Psychotherapy
- Systematic Desensitization
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Location
Accommodations
Entering the practice
- Door can be opened easily
- Service animals allowed
- Emotional support animals allowed
Communication
- Text-based talk therapy
Getting around
- Elevators
Settling in
- Storage for mobility aids (e.g. wheelchair, scooter)
Remote options
- Chat
- Voice
- Video
Payment options
$100 — $250per session
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Alliance Wisconsin – Wisconsin
- Anthem – Wisconsin
- BadgerCare – Wisconsin
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Wisconsin
- Cigna – Wisconsin
- Dean Health Plan – Wisconsin
- Forward Health – Wisconsin
- Group Health Cooperative (GHC) – Wisconsin
- Humana – Wisconsin
- Medica – Wisconsin
- Multiplan – Wisconsin
- Network Health Plan – Wisconsin
- Quartz – Wisconsin
- United HealthCare – Wisconsin
- Documentation provided for patient filling
- Single case agreement
- Sliding scale
- Out-of-network insurance
- Out-of-pocket
- In-network insurance
Payment methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Online
Credentials
Licenses
Education
The George Washington University
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2019
My program was built around supervising other clinicians, clinical work, research, academic advising, and teaching at the undergraduate/graduate level.