Christopher A. Giese, MS Ed., LPC, moved to the Central Wisconsin Area in 1978 where he attended UW-Stevens Point. In 1983 he graduated with a degree in Forest Administration. Engaged to be married he chose to settle down in Stevens Point and started a family, working mostly as a title examiner for a local abstract company. In 1996 a volunteer opportunity led him down the path towards graduate school. In 2000 he was admitted to the counselor education program at UW-Oshkosh, graduating in 2003 with a Master of Science degree in Community Counseling. During the next 16 years he has worked as a mental health professional, obtaining licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor in 2006.
Treatment orientation is what one psychologist has termed “Midwest Eclectic”, mostly using treatment modalities consisting of CBT and person-centered techniques, but not limited to them. His belief is that somewhere along a person’s life path they have lost the way. It also is his belief that each client has the answer to the problem(s) they are seeking treatment for. He views the counseling relationship as a collaborative effort, one where the client is the expert about, well, the client, and the counselor is the student, learning what it means to be the client by using enhanced listening and communication skills together with knowledge of what it means to be human, thus improving the client’s personal happiness and function.