Melanie provides clinical services to individuals, couples and to families of all ages. She facilitates groups and classes such as the mandated co-parent divorce class, bereavement groups and support groups for individuals struggling with a loved one with mental illness. Melanie provides public addresses and lectures on the above mentioned topics.

 

Prior to JFS, Melanie worked at the Jewish Home and Care Center where she was a social worker and student supervisor, providing advocacy, assessment, support and monitoring of the geriatric population to assure optimum quality of care.

Specialties:

• Individual and group therapy to adults and seniors
• Divorce and separation
• Parenting challenges
• Grief and loss issues
• Adjustment issues

Areas of Interest:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• ADHD
• Women's issues
• Relationship issues

Education:

M.S.W.

University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI

B.A. History

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI

Social Welfare

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1987-1989)

 

Completed the Marriage and Family Therapy Certification program at UW-Milwaukee

 

Completed the Trauma Counseling Certification program at UW-Milwaukee