Wisco Mental Health

08/01/2025

How do you move? 🚴🏽🏊🏿‍♀️🚣‍♂️🧘🏾

For some of us, exercise is enough to stave off anxiety and depression symptoms. For others of us, it’s just part of the way we treat our depression or anxiety, a complement to our meds and therapy. Either way, it’s an important part of addressing our mental health. On bad days, even a dog walk can stave off the worst of my symptoms. 🐕‍🦺🦮

How does movement affect your mental health? Drop your approach in the comments👇👇👇

07/29/2025

Meet Geeta!

Geeta Raval has just joined the Nora Milwaukee team, and she is accepting patients now. (AND Nora accepts most insurance!) Here’s how Geeta describes her therapeutic approach:

“The present and past do not have to be barriers to a better future. I help people of all ages and backgrounds discover strengths as they deal with depression, anxiety, stress, and life challenges, such as school and career, relationships, health issues, or other life transitions. Together we will develop strategies to break negative patterns and free up space for feeling and doing better. My treatment style draws on a variety of approaches, including CBT and DBT coping skills, motivational interviewing, and relational-cultural therapy. I welcome clients who may be unsure about therapy. And I am passionate about respecting unique experiences and perspectives.”

You can request a visit with Geeta by using the link in our bio, calling 414-897-9467, or emailing [email protected]

07/27/2025

Won’t you join us in our creative community? No writing experience necessary! ✒️📖

Journaling, it turns out, has some pretty magical powers. Studies have shown it helps with depression and anxiety, improves working memory, even boosts our immune system! 📓 My theory is that, for many of us, we often let our uncomfortable feelings metastasize into cancers of the soul that weigh us down and plague our spirits. But a creative practice, like journaling? It gives us a way to metabolize those feelings instead: into meaning, understanding, action, art, beauty, connection, purpose, direction. 📝 And a DAILY creative practice? That’s where the magic really gets unleashed! 🪄🪄🪄

WRITE NOW, hosted by Nora Milwaukee, is free and open to anyone. You can follow along online with our daily posts or with a copy of Suleika Jaouad’s book, THE BOOK OF ALCHEMY: A CREATIVE PRACTICE FOR AN INSPIRED LIFE. We’ll pair our guided journey with regular (but optional!) in-person gatherings.

We start writing September 1!! 📕📗📘📙Won’t you join us??? Use the QR code to RSVP (link is also in comments)

07/26/2025

07/26/2025

Meet another great therapist currently open for patients! Melanie Figueroa is a bilingual therapist, based at Nora Milwaukee in West Allis.

Here’s how Melanie describes her therapeutic approach: “With over a decade of experience in the mental health field, I practice through a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and strengths-based lens. I’m passionate about walking alongside others as they work toward healing and positive change.
My therapeutic approach is rooted in evidence-based modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. I strive to create a warm, empathetic, and supportive environment where clients can feel safe to explore, grow, and thrive.
Therapy is a brave step—and I’m here to meet you with compassion, authenticity, and unwavering support.”

You can connect with Melanie by booking online (link in bio), email ([email protected]), or by calling 414-897-9467

07/25/2025

We are BIG readers at Wisco Mental Health, and we especially love when fiction addresses mental health issues in authentic and powerful ways. 📚 And we LOVE to make book recommendations.

BOOK REC: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez

A YA novel that’s a beautiful read at any age. 15-year-old Julia is struggling with grief, depression, anxiety — and the weight of cultural and familial obligations. Her perfect older sister has recently died, and now Julia is left with her own unraveling, including of family secrets. Beautiful, heartbreaking, honest… it’s a book to devour. It was a National Book Award finalist for a reason! 🏆🏆🏆

Have you read it? What did you think? What fiction would YOU recommend that incorporates mental health themes? Tell us below 👇

07/24/2025

Meet Jessika, one of the therapists at Nora Milwaukee, one of the area’s newest therapy practices.

Jessika Eiden, LPC is a warm, trauma-informed therapist with a background in education who supports children, teens, and adults through anxiety, life transitions, and relationship challenges. As a former teacher, she brings patience, creativity, and a deep understanding of emotional development into the therapy space. Jessika blends evidence-based approaches like CBT, DBT, and mindfulness to help clients build insight, strengthen coping skills, and feel more grounded in who they are.

Jessika is currently accepting patients, and Nora MKE accepts most insurance.

You can schedule online (link in bio!), by email ([email protected]), or by calling 414-897-9467

07/23/2025

You know, we were thinking we needed an art hour in our wellness line-up…

07/22/2025

This keeps popping up in our feed as a new local wellness resource. Have you been? What did you think? We’d love to hear about your experience! Is this a resource we should be recommending?

07/18/2025

Do you know about forest bathing? It’s the radical idea that being nature is good for our nervous systems. 🍄🍁🌾🌻🍃🌳🪺🪻

It can be hard to find a forest to bathe in when you live in Milwaukee, so thank goodness for Schlitz Audubon Nature Center—they’re hosting a guided first bathing experience on Sunday.

Deepen your relationship with the natural world during a guided Forest Bathing Walk through our South Ravine forest. Participants will slowly travel through the forest while receiving a sequence of spoken invitations. These open-ended prompts encourage the participants’ senses to open and experien...