Connie Champion, LPC

Connie Champion is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin with 24 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families. She favors a solution-focused, future-oriented approach that emphasizes client strengths, practical coping tools, and organized planning tailored to each person’s goals. Connie views clients as the experts on the changes they want to make and structures sessions to build motivation and clear, achievable steps toward those outcomes.

Her training spans multiple roles and settings, beginning with a Bachelor of Science from Concordia University in 1998 and continued study in social services at Upper Iowa University in 2006. She completed a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling at Capella University in 2015 and earned a Substance Use Disorders Counselor certificate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017. Her clinical background includes work as a youth counselor at Ethan Allen Boys School from 1998 to 2006, service with the Department of Adult Institutions from 2006 to 2015, coordination of an OWI treatment court from 2015 to 2018, and supervisory roles in community behavioral health organizations through 2019 and beyond.

Connie’s clinical skill set includes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based techniques, motivational interviewing, client-centered methods, and solution-focused therapy. She has particular experience addressing stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family concerns, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, and issues faced by first responders. Her background in substance use treatment and not-for-profit settings informs a culturally relevant, pragmatic style that emphasizes safety, skill-building, and real-world application.