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931 Results for Social Work near Milwaukee, WI

Learn more about Social Work Specialists and how to choose the right one for you

A social worker specializes in helping individuals, couples, families and groups tackle many kinds of problems and situations. Social workers work within the context of a person’s environment and life situation. They help people cope with and overcome the challenges of psychological problems, serious illnesses, social and economic problems, life crises and transitions, and difficulties in school, work and relationships. 

There are two general types of social workers, direct-service social workers and clinical social workers. Clinical social workers are healthcare professionals who diagnose and treat mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. A clinical social worker is also known as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW).

In contrast, direct-service social workers do not diagnose or treat disorders, but work to help people with an illness or otherwise difficult situation cope and achieve their goals. Direct-service social workers identify a client’s needs, strengths, goals and challenges; make plans to help a client improve coping skills and quality of life; and follow up with clients to assess their progress and the effectiveness of plans. A direct-service social worker may be known as a licensed social worker (LSW) in states that require licensure.

The practice of a social worker varies depending on if he or she is a direct-service social worker or a clinical social worker, his or her education and specialty, and the type of setting and client. In general, a social worker may:

  • Assess a client’s needs, challenges, support systems, and resources

  • Identify or diagnose mental and emotional disorders and life challenges. A LCSW diagnoses and treats mental, emotional and behavioral disorders with therapy.

  • Develop treatment or action plans to help clients, and re-evaluate and modify plans as needed

  • Help a client access needed resources and organizations

  • Advocate for a client

  • Provide individual, group, family, and couples or marriage counseling

  • Teach and support strategies for behavior changes, coping skills, and therapeutic techniques, such as breathing techniques and the use of visual imagery

  • Collaborate, refer and consult with other professionals, such as psychiatrists, teachers and psychologists

  • Maintain strict patient confidentiality, unless patients are at risk of hurting themselves or others or the provider has a legal obligation to share information

  • Commit patients involuntarily in emergency situations

Social workers may also be known by the following names: direct-service social worker, licensed social worker (LSW), clinical social worker, licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), child social worker, therapist, or counselor.

There are 931 specialists practicing Social Work in Milwaukee, WI with an overall average rating of 3.9 stars. There are 2 hospitals near Milwaukee, WI with affiliated Social Work specialists, including Holy Family Memorial and Mount Sinai South Nassau.

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  • Helen Jurgensen, MSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (2 ratings)
    5508 W Vliet StMilwaukee, WI 53208
    1.3 mi away
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    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    5508 W Vliet StMilwaukee, WI 53208
    1.3 mi away
    Helen Jurgensen
  • Lisa Hillary, MSW

    Specialty: Counseling
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (2 ratings)
    1661 N Water St Ste 507Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.2 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
    View Profile (opens in a new tab)
    1661 N Water St Ste 507Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.2 mi away
    Lisa Hillary
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  • Reginald Birt, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    6815 W Capitol Dr Ste 105Milwaukee, WI 53216
    2.3 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    6815 W Capitol Dr Ste 105Milwaukee, WI 53216
    2.3 mi away
    Reginald Birt
  • Kenneth Christian, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    1220 Dewey AveMilwaukee, WI 53213
    2.4 mi away
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    1220 Dewey AveMilwaukee, WI 53213
    2.4 mi away
    Kenneth Christian
  • Deva Murphy, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    1220 Dewey AveMilwaukee, WI 53213
    2.4 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    1220 Dewey AveMilwaukee, WI 53213
    2.4 mi away
    Deva Murphy
  • Wyonne Holland, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    2772 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr DrMilwaukee, WI 53212
    2.7 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    2772 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr DrMilwaukee, WI 53212
    2.7 mi away
    Wyonne Holland
  • Mary Kemmeter, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    9720 W Bluemound RdMilwaukee, WI 53226
    3.9 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Patients found trustworthy
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    9720 W Bluemound RdMilwaukee, WI 53226
    3.9 mi away
    Mary Kemmeter
  • Carolyn Ruck, LCSW

    Specialty: Counseling
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (4 ratings)
    10855 W Potter Rd Ste 25Wauwatosa, WI 53226
    4.4 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    10855 W Potter Rd Ste 25Wauwatosa, WI 53226
    4.4 mi away
    Carolyn Ruck
  • Serena Clardie, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (3 ratings)
    1110 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr DrMilwaukee, WI 53203
    3.0 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    1110 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr DrMilwaukee, WI 53203
    3.0 mi away
    Serena Clardie
  • Mary Nervig, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    8112 W Bluemound RdMilwaukee, WI 53213
    3.0 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    8112 W Bluemound RdMilwaukee, WI 53213
    3.0 mi away
    Mary Nervig
  • Erin Rachwal, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    4.70Rated 4.70 out of 5 stars, with (24 ratings)
    13730 W Greenfield AveBrookfield, WI 53005
    6.7 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
    • Easy scheduling
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    13730 W Greenfield AveBrookfield, WI 53005
    6.7 mi away
    Erin Rachwal
  • Joy Gumm, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    5000 W National AveMilwaukee, WI 53295
    3.1 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    5000 W National AveMilwaukee, WI 53295
    3.1 mi away
    Joy Gumm
  • Jay Schrinsky, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    10424 W Bluemound RdMilwaukee, WI 53226
    4.3 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
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    10424 W Bluemound RdMilwaukee, WI 53226
    4.3 mi away
    Jay Schrinsky
  • Christine Hansburg-Hotson, LCSW

    Specialty: Clinical Social Work
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    10424 W Bluemound RdMilwaukee, WI 53226
    4.3 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
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    10424 W Bluemound RdMilwaukee, WI 53226
    4.3 mi away
    Christine Hansburg-Hotson
  • Darcy McDaniel, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    1300 N Jackson StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.4 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
    • Low wait times
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    1300 N Jackson StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.4 mi away
    Darcy McDaniel
  • George Saxton, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    1300 N Jackson StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.4 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
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    1300 N Jackson StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.4 mi away
    George Saxton
  • Mary Rust, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (2 ratings)
    229 E Wisconsin Ave Ste 600Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.5 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Low wait times
    • Explains conditions well
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    229 E Wisconsin Ave Ste 600Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.5 mi away
    Mary Rust
  • Morgan Vance, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (2 ratings)
    1219 N Cass St Ste 3Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.5 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
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    1219 N Cass St Ste 3Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.5 mi away
    Morgan Vance
  • Maren Erickson, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    1219 N Cass StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.5 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    1219 N Cass StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.5 mi away
    Maren Erickson
  • Melissa Waldo, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    1032 S Cesar E Chavez DrMilwaukee, WI 53204
    3.5 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
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    1032 S Cesar E Chavez DrMilwaukee, WI 53204
    3.5 mi away
    Melissa Waldo
  • Pamela Budzinski, MSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    9455 Watertown Plank RdMilwaukee, WI 53226
    3.5 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Explains conditions well
    • Patients found trustworthy
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    9455 Watertown Plank RdMilwaukee, WI 53226
    3.5 mi away
    Pamela Budzinski
  • Michelle Waide, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (2 ratings)
    930 E Knapp StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    930 E Knapp StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Michelle Waide
  • Mary Demet, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (2 ratings)
    731 N Jackson St Ste 510Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
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    731 N Jackson St Ste 510Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Mary Demet
  • Margaret Gintoft, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    827 N Cass StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Low wait times
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    827 N Cass StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Margaret Gintoft
  • Carol Justin, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (3 ratings)
    207 E Buffalo St Ste 510Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    207 E Buffalo St Ste 510Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Carol Justin
  • Kate Zbella, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (4 ratings)
    207 E Buffalo St Ste 324Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Explains conditions well
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    207 E Buffalo St Ste 324Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.6 mi away
    Kate Zbella
  • Heather Kennedy, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (4 ratings)
    817 N Marshall StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.7 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Explains conditions well
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    817 N Marshall StMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.7 mi away
    Heather Kennedy
  • Sue Nelson, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    316 N Milwaukee St Ste 302Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.7 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
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    316 N Milwaukee St Ste 302Milwaukee, WI 53202
    3.7 mi away
    Sue Nelson
  • Lynn Gauger, MSSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    1524 N Farwell AveMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.8 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
    • Explains conditions well
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    1524 N Farwell AveMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.8 mi away
    Lynn Gauger
  • Irene Cunningham, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (3 ratings)
    1524 N Farwell AveMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.8 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Explains conditions well
    View Profile (opens in a new tab)
    1524 N Farwell AveMilwaukee, WI 53202
    3.8 mi away
    Irene Cunningham
  • Nancy Perleberg, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    4.00Rated 4.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    5303 W North AveMilwaukee, WI 53208
    0.7 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
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    5303 W North AveMilwaukee, WI 53208
    0.7 mi away
    Nancy Perleberg
  • Michael Weidman, MSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (3 ratings)
    10045 W Lisbon AveWauwatosa, WI 53222
    4.0 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Explains conditions well
    View Profile (opens in a new tab)
    10045 W Lisbon AveWauwatosa, WI 53222
    4.0 mi away
    Michael Weidman
  • John Jendusa, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (5 ratings)
    5225 N Ironwood Rd Ste 102Milwaukee, WI 53217
    4.1 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
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    5225 N Ironwood Rd Ste 102Milwaukee, WI 53217
    4.1 mi away
    John Jendusa
  • Terri Lambert-Jones, MS

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    1225 W Historic Mitchell St Ste 223Milwaukee, WI 53204
    4.1 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
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    1225 W Historic Mitchell St Ste 223Milwaukee, WI 53204
    4.1 mi away
    Terri Lambert-Jones
  • Elizabeth Hieb, LCSW

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    1225 W Historic Mitchell St Ste 223Milwaukee, WI 53204
    4.1 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Easy scheduling
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Explains conditions well
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    1225 W Historic Mitchell St Ste 223Milwaukee, WI 53204
    4.1 mi away
    Elizabeth Hieb
  • Lisa Wentworth-Rohr, MA

    Specialty: Social Work
    5.00Rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, with (1 rating)
    11121 W North Ave Ste 220Wauwatosa, WI 53226
    4.2 mi away
    Patients Tell Us:
    • Offers Telehealth
    • Employs friendly staff
    • Low wait times
    View Profile (opens in a new tab)
    11121 W North Ave Ste 220Wauwatosa, WI 53226
    4.2 mi away
    Lisa Wentworth-Rohr

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