Wildflower Mental Wellness embodies a neurodiversity affirming lens for all people we connect with. Amanda Ruechel MSW, LCSW is neurodivergent and finds this lens is the most supportive for folks to have choice and support in therapy sessions. We are open to working collaboratively to fit your needs and what would be the most supportive to you in our time together.

We do this by

• Honoring and respecting autonomy

• Advocating for and promoting self-advocacy

• Prioritizing and respecting lived experiences

• Honoring communication needs and preferences

When we experience trauma ( a distressing experience), our minds and our bodies are trying their best to just survive every day. When our trauma is not processed and healed, it shows up in our lives and can look like:

-Being easily startled or frightened

-Flashbacks

-Intrusive thoughts or memories

-Nightmares

-Distress when being reminded of traumatic events

-Trouble concentrating

-Troubles sleeping

-Irritability, anger, or aggression

Do you feel disconnected and experience challenges with being in the present moment? Do you feel like another part of you takes over in certain situations?

Sometimes when we experience stress and trauma, it is too much for our brains which can lead to the following:

Dissociation: disconnecting from reality-being detached from yourself and your emotions; memory loss, feeling like the world around you is not real

Depersonalization: feeling like you are detached from your body and/or your thoughts; feeling like you are watching yourself from outside of your body or you are watching the world through a fog

Derealization: everything around you feels surreal or dreamlike, like you're looking at the world but it doesn't seem quite real or familiar. It can make things seem distorted or like you're observing things from a distance, even though you're right there.

Wildflower Mental Wellness provides support to those who are struggling with anxiety. Anxiety can look like irritability, overwhelm, worry, stress and anger.

During our time together, we will create an individualized plan for your goals for therapy and how we can best support you.

Support can look like:

-Brainstorming ideas

-Problem-solving stressors

-Skill building

-Comprehensive care to other community providers

-Managing and coping with your current symptoms

-Finding and healing the root of your symptoms

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Wildflower Mental Wellness provides support to those who are struggling with suicidal thoughts and self-harm. We will create an individualized plan to ensure your safety and provide you skills and strategies to help provide relief while you heal.

**If you are in an immediate, life-threatening situation, please do not use this site. **

Please reach out to trained professionals by connecting to the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

Your county crisis line is also listed here: https://www.preventsuicidewi.org/county-crisis-lines

Other resources: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/crisis/talk.htm

https://tinyurl.com/noncarceralresourcelist

If you are in need of mental health support, please use the following resources:

Non Emergency Supports/Warm Lines:

Uplift Wisconsin: Call 534-202-5438 10 am to 10 pm CST Daily; https://www.mhawisconsin.org/upliftwi

Wildflower Alliance: Call 888-407-4515 6 pm to 8 pm CST Monday- Thursday; 6 pm to 9 pm CST Friday-Sunday ; https://wildfloweralliance.org/peer-support-line/

Kiva Center: Call 508-688-5898, 7 pm to 11 pm CST Monday- Friday, Spanish Phone Line 508-556-4226 7 pm to 8 pm CST Monday - Friday ; https://kivacenters.org/peer-line/

StrongHearts Native Helpline: call 1-844-762-8483 in the US, 24/7;Confidential and anonymous culturally-appropriate domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans

Emergency Supports:

Thrive Lifeline: Text 1-313-662-8209; 24/7 text-based support for mental health and/or identity, by and for marginalized individuals

Trans Lifeline: Call 877-565-8860 Mon-Fri 12n-8p CST; Peer support and crisis hotline for the trans community

Call BlackLine: Call or Text 1-800-604.-841 in US, Mon-Fri 8a-10p, Sat-Sun 7p-11p CST; 24/7 crisis support with a Black, LGBTQ+, and Black Femme lens, plus a confidential avenue to report negative and inappropriate contact with police and vigilantes

LGBT National Hotline: Call 888-843-4564 in the US; Mon-Fri 3p-11p CST, Sat 11a-4p CST; Confidential safe space for callers at any age

 https://tinyurl.com/noncarceralresourcelist