Welcome Spring!

We are ready to welcome back Spring with open arms!

This month marks the 16th anniversary since Sue Gruen joined the Samaritan team! We cannot begin to describe how wonderful she has been for all these years and how lucky we are to continue to work with her in the future.

Happy Anniversary Sue!

Sue Gruen, MSSW, LCSW

Accepting New Clients

We welcomed Ross (legal name Phillip) Buttner to the Samaritan team last month! He is still open and accepting new clients ages 10 and older! If you would like to become a new client of Ross, please call our new client line at 608-663-0763 ext. 100 and we can work on the new client process.

Phillip (Ross) Buttner, Ph.D, LP

Phillip (Ross) Buttner is a Licensed Psychologist (LP).

Ross has completed trainings in the somatically-based Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, Existential group process work, and has expertise with anger-management and communication skills from his 7 years working with domestic violence clients. Ross has worked in both community counseling as well as acute partial hospitalization settings.

Ross brings over 25 years of practice and research of mindfulness to his sessions, bringing presence and humor into his sessions in treating depression and anxiety-related concerns, including trauma, grief, identity and life-change crises. Ross has also completed our specialized training to integrate one's own faith into the therapy process for those interested.

Ross is currently credentialed with Quartz, Dean Health, Medicare, Medicaid, UnitedHealth Care, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Cigna.

Here is a link to the website bio for Ross if you would like more information about him:

https://samaritancounselingcenterwi.org/therapists/phillip-ross-buttner/

Bipolar disorder dramatically affects the mood and may result in episodes of depression and elation, which can affect one’s health, productivity, and relationships.

World Bipolar Day educates and promotes the spread of information on bipolar disorder through international collaborative efforts.

Why March 30th?

World Bipolar Day is observed on March 30 every year, on the birthday of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh — one of the most influential artists in the history of Western art. His creativity was paralleled with his mental illness and he was posthumously diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

In honor of Bipolar Awareness and Women's History Month, we wanted to suggest the following to check out:

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

"Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. While she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.

Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication. An Unquiet Mind is a memoir of enormous candor, vividness, and wisdom—a deeply powerful book that has both transformed and saved lives."