ABOUT

Professional counselor

Aaron Schricker LPC

I enjoy working with people and helping them find ways to see the positive aspects in their life. Finding contentment and meaning in life and working with our inner struggle is what I tend to focus on in my life and the work that I do. By embracing that inner struggle, our emotions and thoughts, I feel we have greater ability to respond to life in an authentic way. I find that a mindfulness practice is an important part to achieving this authentic self.

I practice psychotherapy as a Licensed Professional Counselor for the State of Wisconsin (#7497-125).  I received my Master of Arts in Counseling degree from Lakeland University in 2017. My approach is focused on methods from person-centered psychotherapy, contemplative psychotherapy, existentialism, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) / dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).

I have been working with individuals for the past several years to help them gain insight and skills through group therapy at intensive day programs in the area. It has been very rewarding to see the progress that individuals can make when they are working with others who are struggling with similar thoughts and emotions.

My Faith

I am a spiritual person who believes in the interdependence of life. Everything is connected and everything has value. Finding that value and understanding of interconnectedness can help us embrace the things we struggle with.

I have been studying Buddhism for the last 10 years and I can see how similar Buddhist theory is to psychology. The Buddha and Buddhist philosophy teaches a way of working with the mind and understanding the mind and our interaction with reality.

Before then I studied Christianity and went through a long dark night of the soul. It took me years to come back to my faith in God and Jesus Christ and can now see how all the wisdom traditions are connected in truth. I practice therapy and try to live my life from those truths and recognize their value in living a content and happy life.  

I feel that mindfulness and meditation assists us with understanding the limited amount of control that we have over what happens to us. When we are less reactive and upset by this lack of control, we can have more ability to choose how we respond. The important part is learning how to respond to life in a way that allows us to be content and work with what life brings our way.