Waukesha County – Dept of Health and Human Services – Waukesha, Wisconsin
514 Riverview Avenue, Waukesha, Wisconsin, 53188
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
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Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Private health insurance
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- County or local government funds
- Community Mental Health Block Grants
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
- Self-pay options
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8.2
Out of 10
The Waukesha Department of Health and Human Services, located in Waukesha, WI, offers comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment services. Catering to the entire community, the facility provides outpatient and inpatient programs focused on promoting health and preventing disease. Services are accessible to all citizens, regardless of gender or background, and include psychiatric day treatment, community support, crisis intervention, and intensive outpatient programs (IOP).
Specializing in a dual diagnosis approach, the facility effectively addresses both mental health and substance use disorders. Treatment modalities include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), individual and group therapy, trauma therapy, and family counseling, along with life skills training to support recovery. The center also offers specialized care for individuals recovering from opioid addiction and provides aftercare and sober living support. Accredited by The Joint Commission, the Waukesha Department of Health and Human Services ensures high standards of care and safety for its clients.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Individualized Treatment
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
Treatment Modalities
- Individual psychotherapy
- Couples/family therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- 12-step facilitation
- Intervention Services
- Contingency management/motivational incentives
- Motivational interviewing
- Matrix Model
- Cognitive remediation therapy
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
Levels Of Care
- Outpatient
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Aftercare
License and Accreditation
- State mental health department
- State department of health
- SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
- The Joint Commission
Ancillary Services
- Integrated primary care services
- Suicide prevention services
- Mental health services
- Case management service
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