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Racine Child and Family CounselingOur Racine office provides a range of outpatient counseling services, including: Location and directions Hours Our staff Melissa A. Gutierrez, MS, LPC, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has ten years of experience working with female adolescents and their families. Melissa specializes in providing individual and group counseling to children 10-17 who have been victims of emotional, sexual, and physical abuse. She has also worked with girls who have been part of the juvenile justice system and has a lot of experience teaching those clients how to balance taking responsibility for their actions, learning how to control their thoughts and feelings, as well as addressing the significant experiences and/or trauma in their lives. Melissa utilizes a client-centered approach to build rapport with her clients and families and then builds her treatment plan based on the client's needs. Gretchen Huletz, PhD, LPC, NCC, is a licensed professional counselor and a nationally certified counselor. Gretchen works with children, adolescents, adults and families in an outpatient setting as a part-time therapist. However, she supervises the Intensive In-Home Counseling Program too. Gretchen has experience working with depression, anxiety, attachment disorders, sexual abuse, anger management and trauma and many other disorders. Gretchen received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She earned her master's degree in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Community Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Gretchen recently completed her doctoral degree in General Psychology from Capella University. Her dissertation focused on gender differences in Reactive Attachment Disorder. Mickey Kucak, LCSW, MSW, ACSW, is a graduate of the Val J. Lura, MS, LPC, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Mary M. Weber, LCSW, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has worked as a Child and Family Therapist for 18 years at Children's Service Society. She specializes in working with children ages 2-18. She provides outpatient psychotherapy with an emphasis on client-centered therapy, as well as behavior modification and cognitive processes. She works with children presenting with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, adjustment difficulties, attachment issues, sexual abuse and trauma. Mary uses a strong, supportive and respectful approach when working with children and families of diverse cultural backgrounds.
Ann Rolling, PhD, LPC, graduated from Marquette University with a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology. She has worked as a therapist in the Racine office for more than six years. She has been the Area Manager in the Racine office since 2007. Ann completed her pre-doctoral internship at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services in Kalamazoo, Mich. She has experience working with many of the mental health issues that result from child maltreatment, including depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, anger control problems and adjustment issues. While in graduate school she completed a two-year practicum at the Child Protection Center in Milwaukee. Ann also completed a practicum at Froedtert Hospital in the Child Neuropsychology department. Other Racine County Programs:
Children's Service Society also has Child and Family Counseling services available in Burlington and Kenosha. Other community links: The Racine Child and Family Counseling Program receives support from the United Way of Racine County and the Racine County Human Services Department. More community resources can be found in the Family Resource Directory provided by UW-extension in Racine. Children's Service Society is actively involved in:
Service excellence:Children's Service Society is committed to providing the highest possible care to the children and families we serve. We regularly ask clients to give us feedback on how well we are meeting this goal. Here are some comments from Racine families who recently completed an anonymous survey. "Everyone here at CSSW [is] great I am grateful for everything they do for me and my family." "Always helpful, positive, directs me to find the answers within and has resources available, kind and considerate" "My child trusts Mickey very much and looks forwards to seeing her every week" "Mickey is the best – would never go elsewhere" "All the staff here are doing great jobs" "Mickey has been a great help with my children. She has always gave me and them great coping tools, which in turn I share what I learn with other family members. Toni is great also-the receptionist." |
Counseling Program. She is a a licensed professional counselor in Wisconsin and Illinois. Val has extensive experience working with children and families in the child welfare system. She specializes in providing individual and group counseling to children ages 3-18 who have been subjected to emotional, sexual and physical abuse. Val has experience working with families through the adoption process and with those children who are being reunified with their biological families. Val's dog, Buddy, is a certified animal-assisted therapy dog. He works with Val in the Racine office. To learn more about Buddy, read his 