Lauri Gebhard, PHD

I am a clinical health psychologist who treats ages 10-100 and specializes in individual, family and couples therapy, integrating CBT, DBT, Family Systems Therapy, IFS, hypnosis, TFT, ACT, and somatic-based approaches. With over a decade of meditation and pranayama practice, i view healing as a multi-layered process—mental, emotional, and physical.
I am trained in EMDR, TRE® (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises), Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), and Psychedelic Harm Reduction & Integration, offering holistic and trauma-informed care.
I help clients release stored trauma, regulate the nervous system, and cultivate emotional resilience.

My approach goes beyond talk therapy, incorporating mindfulness, somatic work, and emotional processing to promote deep healing and transformation. I treat children, adolescents, adults and elderly and am dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families build meaningful connections and navigate life’s challenges with strength and clarity.

Are you stressed? Depressed? Anxious? Angry? Do you suffer from fatigue? Insomnia? Memory Problems? Irritability? Do you feel lost and meaningless? I can help. I am a clinical health psychologist with a specialty in behavioral medicine and am dedicated to empowering patients to positively heal their mind, body and spirit. I have received specialty training in mind body medicine across the country, including through Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Hospital and University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. I employ innovative practices: EMDR, IFS, TFT, biofeedback, somatic breathwork, hypnosis, and meditation, to improve the lives of her patients. Mind Body treatments resolve patients' problems where traditional talk therapy fails. Through a diverse range of services and treatments, I seek to empower my patients to capitalize on their strengths, improve their lives, and become healthy and well. My compassion, humor and wisdom allow me to connect intuitively with patients from all walks of life.
I help patients overcome obstacles that stand between my patients and their goals. I work from my patients' strengths, encouraging their positive growth and transformation. With my unwavering dedication to improving the health and lives of my patients, I serve to empower my patients to succeed and live well.
I work with children, adolescents, adults, elders, individuals, couples, and families experiencing loneliness, burnout, depression, anxiety, grief, PTSD, ADHD/ADD, trauma, nightmares, sexual dysfunction, neurodivergence, flashblacks, career, sleep, narcissism,  relationships, separation/divorce, insomnia, substance abuse, addictions, perfectionism, body image, gaslighting, codependency, loss of meaning/purpose/direction, physical/sexual/emotional abuse, neurodivergence, LBGTQ+ affirming, low self-esteem, attachment, spirituality, communication and negative thought patterns. I work with couples using the gottman approach to rebuild their connection. I use a client- centered, nonjudgmental, compassionate, and direct approach to create an environment where you feel supported in your counseling journey. Together, I will work with you to address the root causes of your challenges. I use DBT, ACT, CBT, IFS, EMDR, exstitential, narrative, mindfulness based approaches, and a feminist psychology, gottman, and positive psychology approaches while incorporating multicultural frameworks. Clients describe me as easy to talk to, accepting, pragmatic, inspirational and wise with a good sense of humor. I have immediate openings, offers day, evening, and weekend appointments, and offers in person sessions in Elm Grove and Shorewood as well as telehealth.
I currently accepts United Healthcare, UMR, UBH, medicaid, medicare, Anthem bc/bs, Quartz, CCHP, Humana, Aetna, Badgercare, forward health, Molina, Chorus, MHS, Network Health, Health Partners, WPS, Group Health Cooperative, wire health, HPS, MHS, Anthem bc/bs, health advocate, Alliance, Trilogy, IPN, caresolace, common ground, Compsych, caresource, and CCA. I can provide a Superbill for insurance reimbursement purposes. I offer a 50% discount of his standard charge per session is $125.  I accept credit cards, venmo, zelle, paypal, Cash, HSA (health savings account), FHA, and payment plans.
Sessions are available virtually and in person in offices in Shorewood, elm grove, Kenosha, and Menasha.