Bridget Manke.
Practice
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.”
—2 Corinthians 1:3-5
—Bridget
Three ways Bridget integrates Christ-centered, Bible-based truths into her current counseling practice:
1. The explanation of law and gospel
2. Forgiveness
3. Christ’s love for us; how it strengthens and empowers us to live for Him to love one another
Areas of Specialty & Certifications
Marriage and Family Therapist—IT
Commonly Provided Services
- Abuse/Addiction (alcohol, drug, food, gambling, porn, spending, sex, etc.)
- Adolescent therapy
- “Adult survivor” (childhood sexual assault)
- Bible based/Christ centered counseling
- Care-giver burnout
- Child therapy
- Chronic pain/Disease management
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- DBT
- Dealing with crisis
- Death and dying
- Dissociative disorder
- Divorce adjustment
- Divorce/separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disordered behaviors
- Elder care/Geriatric
- Employment issues/Co-worker conflicts
- End of life issues
- Evaluation for clinical depression/anxiety disorders
- Extended family issues
- Faith related questions/Doubts impacting mental health
- Family of origin issues
- Grief/Loss
- Identity/Self-image issues
- Job burnout
- Job loss/Career challenges
- Life coaching
- Marital/Partner relational issues
- Obesity/Weight management
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Obsessive compulsive personality
- Play therapy
- Parenting
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- PTSD
- Rape/Sexual assault
- School adjustment
- Social phobia
- Social skills training
- Suicide survivor
- Stress reduction/Management
- Terminal illness
- Time management/Priority setting
- Transition/Change issues
Degrees & Credentials
Bachelor of Science—Family Social Science—Psychology
Masters—Marriage and Family Therapy
Places of study:
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities–Minneapolis, WI
Edgewood College–Madison, WI
Professional Associations
WELS / ELS Network of Christian Therapists
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
References Available
Pastor Matthew Kiecker, Lomira, WI
Church Affiliations
WELS—St John’s in Lomira, Wisconsin
