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Couples Therapy in Wisconsin
✓ Start with a free 15-minute Clinical Consultation with Jonathon Jacobs — a fit check, and help choosing the right next step.
Every couple gets stuck sometimes
Most couples who reach out aren’t looking for someone to declare a winner. They’re tired of having the same argument on repeat, feeling more like roommates than partners, or struggling to trust and feel close after a hard season — a betrayal, a new baby, a move, financial stress, or simply years of putting the relationship last. Couples therapy gives you a structured, neutral place to slow those patterns down, hear each other more clearly, and decide together what you want your relationship to look like.
What couples therapy looks like at Mend
Your clinician’s job is to support the relationship, not to take sides. Sessions focus on how the two of you interact — the cycles you get pulled into, the needs underneath the frustration, and the conversations that keep going sideways at home. You’ll practice communicating in ways that lower defensiveness, work on rebuilding trust and closeness where they’ve worn thin, and set shared goals you both have a voice in. Many couples are relieved to find that therapy isn’t about blame; it’s about understanding the pattern and learning to change it together. Couples come to us at many stages — newly committed and wanting a stronger foundation, long together and feeling distant, or working through a specific rupture — and the work adjusts to where you are. Individual therapy is also available at Mend if either of you wants support of your own alongside couples work.
Built for real schedules
Coordinating two calendars is hard enough without a drive across town. Mend offers couples therapy by telehealth, through secure, HIPAA-compliant video on SimplePractice, and in person with select clinicians at our Appleton and Mequon offices. You and your partner can join from home — even from two different locations when schedules demand it — anywhere in Wisconsin. Our hours are Monday–Friday, 8:30am–5:30pm, and meeting from home often makes it easier to keep appointments consistently, which is where couples see change.
Start the conversation
You don’t have to wait until things are at a breaking point — most couples wish they’d come in sooner. Call 920-234-6842 or visit mendcounselingwi.com to schedule your first session. Prefer to book online? You can schedule a free 15-minute consultation here.
Telehealth Therapy
Licensed counseling by secure video, anywhere in Wisconsin — no commute, no waiting room.
Telehealth therapy →Anxiety Therapy
Support for worry that won’t switch off, and a mind that won’t stop racing.
Anxiety therapy →Depression Therapy
Compassionate support for heavy days, low motivation, and the harsh inner critic.
Depression therapy →EMDR Therapy
Help your brain process distressing memories so they lose their charge, with an EMDRIA-certified clinician.
EMDR therapy →Medication Management
Psychiatric evaluation and ongoing medication care, coordinated with your therapy.
Medication management →Please note: Mend Counseling is not an emergency service. If you are in crisis, call 911 or the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Home / Services / Couples Therapy
Couples Therapy in Wisconsin
Most couples who reach out aren’t looking for someone to declare a winner.
✓ Start with a free 15-minute Clinical Consultation with Jonathon Jacobs — a fit check, and help choosing the right next step.
Insurance and self-pay rates
Mend accepts many Wisconsin insurance plans, including Quartz, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Molina Healthcare, Network Health, Forward Health (Wisconsin Medicaid), UMR, Health Partners, MHS Health, Medica/Dean, Lakeland Care, WPS, and Centivo, among others. Coverage for couples sessions varies by plan, and we’re happy to help you check yours. Self-pay rates are clear up front: a couples intake is $165 and couples sessions are $145.
If you have an HMO plan, we need to check your specific coverage before your first session — HMO plans often require a referral or prior authorization, and in-network details vary by plan. Call us at 920-234-6842 and we’ll verify your exact benefits.
Self-pay rates
Posted plainly, so you can plan before you book.
You don’t have to be at your worst to ask for support.
If you’re feeling stuck, that’s enough. Browse our clinicians and take the first step today — from wherever in Wisconsin you call home.