Margaret Underhill CSAC, ICS

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I have been a Substance Use Disorder Counselor for over 35 years, and a Clinical Supervisor for 20+ years. I am licensed in the state of Wisconsin as a Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor and Independent Clinical Supervisor. I have had the privilege to be a part of the miracle of recovery for hundreds of individuals. I have worked in Waukesha and Milwaukee Counties and am familiar with many resources in the metro and suburban area. Most of my experience is with adults. I have worked in all treatment settings – intensive outpatient, aftercare, residential, inpatient, narcotic replacement therapy (methadone), and Employee Assistance Programs. My areas of greatest experience are working with women, dual diagnosis clients, impaired professionals, trauma survivors, affected family members of people with Addiction Disease, corrections clients and Intoxicated Driver clients. I appreciate the importance of gender sensitive care. I also have experience with compulsive gambling: I developed an intensive outpatient program for gambling and spending addictions and affected persons for a major addiction center near Milwaukee. I have facilitated interventions and I am comfortable working with the 12 Step model of recovery as well as cognitive/behavioral and brief interventions. I use the Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change in all of my work.

I provide group, individual and family therapy for Substance Use Disorders as well as clinical supervision for students and colleagues. Although I retain some traditional recovery beliefs, I have taken pride over the years in staying up to date on current evidence based practice and I believe that integration of services for mental health and substance use disorders is essential. All of my counseling is trauma informed and safety and confidentiality are my first goal for all clients. I believe strongly in the power of Love and Laughter.

I live in Milwaukee with my husband, John, and enjoy spending time with our daughter and our 2 adult grandchildren. We like to travel (preferably by rail) and enjoy returning home to our feline family member, Betty.