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Couples Counseling · Milwaukee · Whitefish Bay · Glendale · Online in WI, IL, IN & CO

Same fight, different day?

You can predict the whole argument before it starts. So can they. A couples therapist who is on the relationship's side — not either of yours — can interrupt the pattern.

Does this sound like your house?

  • The same argument on a loop, just with different words
  • Conversations that end in silence instead of resolution
  • One of you has been carrying this alone for a while
  • Something happened, and you don't know the way back
  • You're not in crisis — you just don't want to keep living like this

Get matched with a couples therapist

Tell us a little and we'll match you to the right person on our team. Free 15-minute consult, usually within a week.

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No waitlist runaround. A real person replies.

★★★★★ 5.0 · 130+ Google reviews across our three offices19 clinicians20+ years on the North ShoreThree offices + online in WI, IL, IN & CO · MN soonMost couples seen within a week
What it costs — before you call
$200–$300

per hour, depending on your therapist's licensure and training.

We're out of network on purpose. It keeps your diagnosis out of an insurance file, and it keeps session length and treatment decisions between you and your therapist instead of a claims department.

  • Superbills provided for out-of-network reimbursement
  • We verify your out-of-network benefits for free, before you commit
  • HSA and FSA accepted

If that isn't the right fit for you right now, we'd rather you know it here than find out on the phone.

The first session

What actually happens when you sit down

Most couples arrive braced for a referee who'll declare a winner. That isn't what this is.

You both talk

Neither of you gets ganged up on, and neither of you gets to run the whole session. Your therapist makes sure of both.

We find the pattern

Your therapist is listening for the loop the two of you are stuck in — not for who's right about Tuesday.

You leave with a name for it

By the end you'll have language for what keeps happening, and a plan for what session two is for.

You start the work

The real change happens between sessions. You leave with something concrete to practice, notice, or do differently — and your therapist follows up on it next time.

Your therapist does take a side. It's the relationship's.

Your therapist

Who you'd actually be working with

Not a directory. We match you to one of our couples specialists based on what's happening, where you are, and who you'd actually talk to.

Bridie Mooney, MS, LPC-IT — couples therapist at Shoreside Therapies
Milwaukee · Prospect Ave + Online

Bridie Mooney, MS, LPC-IT

Couples and relationship work, plus men's mental health — which matters, because the partner who was reluctant to come is often the one who ends up talking the most with her. Person-centered, practical, and not above using humor when the room needs it. Married more than two decades, mother of four.

CouplesMen's mental healthLife transitionsAnxiety
Katelyn Kosinski, MFT-IT — couples therapist at Shoreside Therapies
Milwaukee · Prospect Ave + Online

Katelyn Kosinski, MFT-IT

Marriage and family therapy is relational training from the ground up — couples aren't a specialty she added, they're the discipline. Works with couples generally and with new parents specifically, including the version where things quietly change after a baby arrives. Currently in supervised training, which is why she sits at the lower end of our range.

CouplesNew parentsInfidelityPerinatal
Katie Fortune, MA, LPC, NCC, a couples therapist at Shoreside Therapies in Glendale, seated in a chair and smiling.
Glendale · Online

Katie Fortune, MA, LPC, NCC

Couples and relational work, with particular depth in infidelity and affair recovery and in discernment counseling. Also works with perinatal and midlife transitions — the seasons where a lot of couples quietly come apart.

Affair recoveryDiscernmentPerinatal
Garrett Wilk, LPC, SAC — couples therapist at Shoreside Therapies
Whitefish Bay · Online

Garrett Wilk, LPC, SAC

Couples and relationship work, infidelity, and trauma with EMDR. If one of you has been dragging their feet about therapy — and it's often the husband — Garrett is frequently the person who makes it feel survivable.

CouplesInfidelityEMDROCD & anxiety
Victoria Hagan, MA, LPC-IT — couples therapist at Shoreside Therapies
Whitefish Bay · Online

Victoria Hagan, MA, LPC-IT

Couples work with a particular focus on older couples and partnerships navigating medical issues, memory changes, dementia, and chronic illness. Person-centered and practical — good with couples who are facing the hard stuff that shows up later in life, including when one partner's health has changed the relationship.

Older couplesMedical issuesDementia & caregivingLife transitions
Laurie Groh, MS, LPC, SAS — couples therapist at Shoreside Therapies
Milwaukee · Prospect Ave + Online · Intensives & discernment only

Laurie Groh, MS, LPC, SAS

Laurie's weekly couples caseload is full — she now takes Couples Intensives and discernment counseling only. Trained in the Gottman Method (Level 2), Relational Life Therapy (Level 2), Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Esther Perel's trainings. Married since 2008 with four kids — she has watched this from both chairs. Direct, structured, and willing to name the pattern out loud.

IntensivesDiscernmentGottman L2RLT L2
4.9 stars on Google

Real reviews from people who sat down with us

★★★★★

Bridie is warm and empathetic, intelligent and astute. She is a wonderful listener. She is a keen observer of human behavior, with a deep insight into interpersonal dynamics. She has creative ideas for how to get 'unstuck' and offers them in a nonjudgmental, caring manner.

Emma G.Whitefish Bay · Google review
★★★★★

I cannot recommend Lauri highly enough. From the moment you meet her, she has this rare, natural kindness that makes you feel like you've known her your whole life. She is genuinely caring in a way that's hard to find.

Trevor W.Google review

Prefer months of progress in two days?

Our Couples Intensive is an assessment, two six-hour weekdays with Laurie, and a follow-up call. Kids at school, inbox on autoreply, one quiet office — and you head into the weekend with new tools and the time to use them.

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Honest fit

Who this works for — and who it doesn't

A good fit if

  • You're both willing to come — or one of you is willing to start alone while the other decides
  • $200–$300 per hour is workable, with superbills going toward your out-of-network benefits
  • You want structure, language, and things to practice between sessions — not only a place to vent
  • You're in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana or Colorado, or you can get to Milwaukee, Whitefish Bay or Glendale
  • One of you is unsure whether to stay. That has its own format — discernment counseling — and we do it.

Probably not the right fit if

  • You need in-network billing or a sliding scale. We're private pay, and we'd rather say so now.
  • There is violence or fear in the relationship. Couples work isn't safe here — call us anyway and we'll help you find the right resource.
  • You're looking for a mediator for a divorce already in motion. That's a different professional.
  • You want someone to referee and declare a winner. We won't, and you'd be frustrated by session three.
Questions couples actually ask

Before you book

My partner won't come. Is it worth me starting alone?
Yes, and it's more common than you'd think. Plenty of people scout it out solo first — partly to see whether therapy is tolerable, partly to get their own footing. Some partners join at session three. Some never do, and the work still changes the relationship because one person changed how they show up in it.
Are you going to take my partner's side?
No. Your therapist takes the relationship's side, which in practice means siding against the pattern rather than against either of you. If it ever feels lopsided, say so in the room — that's useful information, not a complaint.
Do you take insurance?
No, by choice. We're out of network, which keeps your diagnosis out of an insurance file and keeps decisions about session length and treatment between you and your therapist. We give you a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement, check your benefits for free before you commit, and take HSA and FSA.
How does out-of-network reimbursement actually work?
You pay at the time of session, and we send you a superbill — basically a receipt with the codes your insurance needs. You submit it to your plan, and they send you back whatever your out-of-network mental health benefit covers. It usually takes a couple of weeks, and the amount varies by plan. We don't handle the claim for you, but we'll make sure the superbill has everything on it.
Can I use my HSA or FSA for couples therapy?
Yes. Couples therapy is generally a qualified medical expense for HSA and FSA purposes, so you can use those pre-tax dollars. We can run the card directly, or you can pay another way and submit the receipt yourself.
Will you check my benefits before I commit?
Yes, and it's free. Before you schedule, we'll look at your out-of-network mental health benefits and tell you what your reimbursement is likely to be. That way you know the real cost before you're sitting in the waiting room.
How fast can we actually get in?
Most couples are seen within a week. When we can't do that with the therapist who's the best match, we'll tell you honestly what the wait is rather than putting you on a list and going quiet.
We're not sure we even want to stay together.
Then couples therapy is the wrong starting point, and pushing ahead anyway is how people waste six months. Discernment counseling is built for exactly this: a short, structured process to decide whether to work on the relationship, not to work on it yet.
Can we do this online?
Yes — we see couples online anywhere in Wisconsin, Illinois and Colorado. In person is Milwaukee (Prospect Ave), Whitefish Bay (Oakland Ave) and Glendale (N Green Bay Ave). Plenty of couples mix the two.

The pattern doesn't break on its own.

The average couple waits six years too long. A free fifteen-minute call is a small way to find out whether this is the thing that helps.

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