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Therapist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Melissa Shi, Therapist

Gender Identity: Female (She/Her)

Ages Served: 6-75+

Appointments: In-office and Online

Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only

Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans

Melissa Shi, Therapist

Melissa Shi, MA, LMFT

Specializes In:

Anxiety
Ethnic identity
Family conflict
Panic attacks
Social skills & communication
Stress management
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Melissa Shi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Wisconsin who has been practicing since 2019. She has a B.S. in Psychology from UW-Madison and an M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Syracuse University.

    Melissa knows how hard seeking therapy and asking for help can be. She believes this discomfort can turn into growth and helps her clients get through the hard stuff by being authentic, warm, and humorous (when appropriate). Melissa also works hard to create a safe, nonjudgmental, and empathetic space to process life while working collaboratively towards goals. She sees the best in her clients and helps them see their own strengths, accomplishments, and growth. Melissa also enjoys bringing clients’ interests into the room by incorporating art and writing into session.

In her free time, Melissa enjoys art, reading, writing, DIY experiments, spending time with family, hiking/walks, and cat snuggles. Melissa works with children (6+), teens, adults, and seniors in individual, couples, or family therapy. When you are ready to start, please reach out!

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Individual Therapy

Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anxiety
  • Ethnic identity
  • Panic attacks
  • Stress management
  • ADHD
  • Aging
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Autism: generally independent
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Career & work issues
  • Caregiving
  • Chronic pain-related issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
  • Early adulthood: Starting college or career
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Gender affirming evaluations
  • Gender identity
  • General relationship issues
  • Hoarding
  • Immigration/cultural status
  • Intellectual challenges: generally independent
  • LGBTQ+
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Racial identity
  • Religion & spirituality
  • Retirement
  • School avoidance
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Social injustice
  • Social skills & communication
  • Trauma & PTSD

Family Therapy

Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.

  • Family conflict
  • Social skills & communication
  • ADHD
  • Aging
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Autism: generally independent
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Caregiving
  • Chronic pain-related issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
  • Early adulthood: Starting college or career
  • Empty nesters
  • Ethnic identity
  • Fertility
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Gender affirming evaluations
  • Gender identity
  • General relationship issues
  • Hoarding
  • Immigration/cultural status
  • Intellectual challenges: generally independent
  • LGBTQ+
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Racial identity
  • Religion & spirituality
  • Retirement
  • School avoidance
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Social injustice
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD

Couples Therapy

Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.

  • Social skills & communication
  • ADHD
  • Aging
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Autism: generally independent
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Career & work issues
  • Caregiving
  • Chronic pain-related issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
  • Early adulthood: Starting college or career
  • Empty nesters
  • Ethnic identity
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Gender affirming evaluations
  • Gender identity
  • General relationship issues
  • Hoarding
  • Immigration/cultural status
  • Intellectual challenges: generally independent
  • LGBTQ+
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Racial identity
  • Religion & spirituality
  • Retirement
  • School avoidance
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Social injustice
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Syracuse University

FAQs

Please call us at 414-361-2700 to schedule an appointment with Melissa Shi.

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Melissa is a very good counselor, she listens and offers constructive advice.
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