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Coleman, Don |
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Hanusa, Darald |
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Kaufman, Jack |
Don Coleman has worked at providing culturally competent mental health treatment services in a variety of settings and capacities now for 32 years. As an Associate at Midwest Center for Human Services Mr. Coleman provides psychotherapy services to:
Individuals, both women and men who are looking or assistance working through a variety of issues in their lives including but not limited to managing the demands and difficulties of competitive and stressful environments, anxiety (fear of the future, anxiousness), depression (no appetite, unable to sleep, disrupted sleep patterns, of energy or interest in things) personal and interpersonal conflict, spiritual crisis, phobias (fear of people, situations, events), obsessions and compulsions (can’t stop thinking about a particular event or situation, repetitive behavior), anger, and sexuality.
Couples, who want to create a mutually satisfying and emotionally healthy relationship.
Families, who are interested in establishing a family culture that is nurturing, supportive and beneficial for all family members by establishing an inclusive family culture (values, beliefs, customs and traditions) where all family members are empowered. For parents I offer effective parenting approaches including limit setting and compassionate communication skills.
Adolescents, who are seeking support and guidance in managing a health transition from childhood into adulthood.
Groups, who consist of individuals; adult men and women or adolescents who come together to support and help one another through personal and interpersonal difficulties that they all share in common.
Mr. Coleman brings to his practice a variety of skills such as: conflict transformation, cognitive behavioral restructuring, anger and behavior management, parenting skills, and stress reduction and management. As an African American, Mr. Coileman is well aware of the need of culturally competent services across all difference. As a result he has developed expertise in working across cultures and culturally specifically with African American families.
Dr. Darald Hanusa is a Board Certified Diplomate (BCD) in Clinical Social Work and is licensed in the State of Wisconsin as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). He currently holds the following credentials: Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (CADC), Certified Batterer Treatment Provider (WBTPA), Certified Group Psychotherapist. He has a certificate in Personnel Psychology. Dr. Hanusa is a Senior Preceptor and Lecturer at the School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a member of the Wisconsin Batterers Treatment Providers Association and the Dane County Domestic Violence task force, both of which he is a founding member and past chair.
Clinically, Dr. Hanusa has specialized in the area of domestic violence with both perpetrators and the survivors of violence since 1980. Since 1989 he has offered assessment and treatment services for abusive men through the "ATAM" Program (Alternatives and Treatment for Abusive Men) and counseling for survivors through the Midwest Domestic Violence Resource Center at the Midwest Center for Human Services. link He currently offers services in English and Spanish.
Additionally, utilizing approaches that focus on cognitive-behavioral, motivational and interpersonal therapies, Dr. Hanusa provides general mental health services for individuals, couples, families, and groups focusing on marital relationship issues, assertiveness/communication skills, stress and anxiety, anger management, child and adolescent behavioral problems, parenting skills, mood disorders, self-esteem and substance abuse.
Consultation, training and expert witness services include work with private and public agencies and/or professionals working with domestic violence, workplace violence, corporate communication and anger management-fitness for duty issues. He has conducted training programs nationally and internationally, including work with the Department of Defense, Naval and Marine Corps Family Advocacy Programs. Dr. Hanusa has written and co-authored numerous materials on family violence and mental health topics and has provided several hundred presentations, lectures, appearances and workshops concerning a variety of topics.
Jack Kaufman has been in practice in Madison since 1972. The primary focus of his work is on men's issues, relationship enhancement, domestic violence, and problems associated with recent or early trauma. He also works with people experiencing anxiety, depression, or compulsive patterns of thought or behavior.
He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Wisconsin. He holds degrees in social work from the University of Minnesota (MSW) and the University of Southern California (DSW). He is trained and certified in Family Therapy (Clinical Member, American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy) , Group Therapy (Certified Group Therapist, American Group Psychotherapy Association), Transactional Analysis (Clinical Teaching Member, International Transactional Analysis Association), and Batterers Treatment (Member, Wisconsin Batterers Treatment Providers Association). He is also trained in Gestalt Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR).
In addition to his long clinical experience, Dr. Kaufman has taught in the Schools of Social Work at Fresno (California) State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He had the privilege of working with trauma survivors of September 11 in New York City during September and October, 2001 and with family members of passengers immediately following the crash of Egypt Air Flight 990 in October, 1999.