Bay Psychiatry of Wisconsin

Bay Psychiatry of Wisconsin Serving patients NOW in ALL of Wisconsin, virtually; providing supportive therapy with medication management.

We can offer in person appointments in the following locations: Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay!

🌊 A little advice from the ocean…Come out of your shell.Don’t get tide down.Take time to coast.Be shore of yourself.Avoi...
09/09/2026

🌊 A little advice from the ocean…

Come out of your shell.
Don’t get tide down.
Take time to coast.
Be shore of yourself.
Avoid pier pressure.
Sea life’s beauty.
And most importantly… make waves. 🌊

Mental health isn’t always about fixing something. Sometimes it’s about slowing down, reconnecting with yourself, setting boundaries, noticing what’s beautiful, and giving yourself permission to live a life that feels like yours.

At Bay Psychiatry of Wisconsin, we’re here to support you through the calm waters, the rough waves, and everything in between. 💙

When life feels stormy, you don’t always have to calm the ocean. Sometimes, you just need to drop your anchor. ⚓️💙“Dropp...
09/08/2026

When life feels stormy, you don’t always have to calm the ocean. Sometimes, you just need to drop your anchor. ⚓️💙

“Dropping Anchor” is a simple grounding technique from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) that can help when emotions feel intense, thoughts are racing, or life feels overwhelming.

🌊 Acknowledge your thoughts and feelings
⚓️ Come back into your body
☀️ Engage in what you’re doing right now

The goal isn’t to make difficult thoughts or feelings disappear. It’s to steady yourself enough to stay present and choose how you want to respond.

While Bay Psychiatry does not currently provide ongoing individual therapy, we strongly believe in the value of therapy alongside psychiatric care. We frequently refer our patients to wonderful local therapists who can help teach and practice skills like these, including ACT, CBT, DBT, grounding techniques, and other tools for managing difficult emotions.

Sometimes medication is one piece of the puzzle, and learning skills to navigate the waves is another. 💙

You can’t always control the waves, but you can learn how to stay anchored through them. ⚓️

Radical acceptance doesn’t mean you like what happened.It doesn’t mean you agree with it.And it definitely doesn’t mean ...
09/04/2026

Radical acceptance doesn’t mean you like what happened.
It doesn’t mean you agree with it.
And it definitely doesn’t mean it was okay.

It means recognizing that fighting reality over and over again doesn’t change it. It only keeps us stuck in the pain. 💙

Sometimes acceptance sounds like:

✨ I can’t change what has already happened.
✨ I don’t have control over the past.
✨ I can’t predict the future.
✨ I can choose how I respond right now.
✨ I have survived difficult things before.
✨ I can be flexible when things don’t go as planned.

Radical acceptance is a skill, not a switch. Some days we may have to choose acceptance 100 times before noon.

And that still counts.

Progress over perfection. 🤍

When you have both ADHD and autism, your brain can feel like it’s constantly negotiating with itself. 🧠The autistic part...
09/03/2026

When you have both ADHD and autism, your brain can feel like it’s constantly negotiating with itself. 🧠

The autistic part of your brain may crave routine, predictability, organization, and knowing exactly what comes next.

The ADHD part may crave novelty, stimulation, spontaneity, and suddenly deciding that right now is the perfect time to reorganize your entire life. 😅

Put them together and you might experience:

• Creating the perfect organizational system… then forgetting it exists
• Desperately needing routine… while struggling to maintain one
• Hyperfocusing for hours… but feeling overwhelmed by a simple task
• Having dozens of exciting ideas… and unfinished projects everywhere
• Wanting predictability… while getting bored when life becomes too predictable
• Feeling frustrated or ashamed because you “know what works” but can’t consistently make yourself do it

This combination is sometimes called AuDHD, referring to someone who has both autism and ADHD.

And while the graphic makes us laugh, the struggle underneath it can be very real.

The goal isn’t to force a neurodivergent brain to function like everyone else’s. It’s to understand how your brain works, build supports around it, and replace some of that shame with compassion. 💙

Your brain may work differently. Different doesn’t mean less capable.

“Sit with it.”It sounds simple… until you’re actually sitting with something painful, uncomfortable, or overwhelming.Sit...
08/31/2026

“Sit with it.”

It sounds simple… until you’re actually sitting with something painful, uncomfortable, or overwhelming.

Sitting with a feeling doesn’t mean you have to like it. It doesn’t mean you agree with every thought that comes with it. And it definitely doesn’t mean you have to figure out how to fix it immediately.

Sometimes it simply means:

💛 Letting the emotion exist without judging yourself
💛 Getting curious about what you’re feeling
💛 Not labeling emotions as “good” or “bad”
💛 Noticing where the feeling shows up in your body
💛 Speaking to yourself with the same compassion you’d give someone you love
💛 Staying present instead of immediately pushing the feeling away

We spend so much energy trying to outrun uncomfortable emotions. We distract, overwork, overthink, numb, fix, avoid, or tell ourselves we “shouldn’t” feel this way.

But sometimes healing begins when we stop fighting the feeling and simply allow ourselves to experience it.

You don’t have to fix every feeling.

Sometimes you just need to feel it to heal it. 💛

Mental health check-in 💛Sometimes we get so busy taking care of everything and everyone else that we forget to check in ...
08/28/2026

Mental health check-in 💛

Sometimes we get so busy taking care of everything and everyone else that we forget to check in with ourselves.

Take 5 minutes today and ask yourself:

✨ Am I getting enough sleep?
💭 What am I feeling right now?
💗 Have I shown myself kindness?
🧘 Does my body need movement or stretching?
💧 Have I had enough water?
🥗 Am I nourishing my body regularly?

You don’t have to fix everything today. Sometimes simply noticing what you need is a meaningful first step.

Small check. Big difference. 💛

Shame has a way of convincing us that one mistake means we are the mistake. 💜It can start with one uncomfortable moment ...
08/26/2026

Shame has a way of convincing us that one mistake means we are the mistake. 💜

It can start with one uncomfortable moment and quickly spiral into self-doubt, overthinking, assuming others are judging us, wanting to withdraw, and eventually feeling anxious, depressed, or hopeless.

But we can interrupt the spiral. 🌈

✨ Talk about what you’re feeling
✨ Notice and challenge your inner dialogue
✨ Give yourself the same compassion you’d give someone you love
✨ Forgive yourself for being human
✨ Find healthy ways to process difficult emotions
✨ Get curious about where the shame started

You don’t have to believe every thought your mind gives you. Healing can begin when we replace “What is wrong with me?” with “What happened to me, and what do I need right now?”

💗 You are allowed to learn, grow, make mistakes, and still be worthy of compassion.

Some things in life aren’t meant to be “gotten over.” 💗Grief. Heartbreak. Trauma. Loss. Change. Disappointment.Healing d...
08/22/2026

Some things in life aren’t meant to be “gotten over.” 💗

Grief. Heartbreak. Trauma. Loss. Change. Disappointment.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting what happened or pretending it didn’t hurt. It means finding your way through it, one day, one choice, and sometimes one tiny step at a time.

You may not come out the same person you were before, and that’s okay. 🌸 You can carry what happened and still create a life filled with love, meaning, hope, and joy.

You don’t get over it… you get through it. 💕

Feeling stuck doesn’t mean you’re failing. Sometimes it simply means it’s time to slow down, get curious, and look at th...
08/20/2026

Feeling stuck doesn’t mean you’re failing. Sometimes it simply means it’s time to slow down, get curious, and look at things from a different perspective. 💙

When life feels overwhelming, ask yourself:

✨ What is the challenge?
✨ What is holding me back?
✨ What have I already tried?
✨ What haven’t I tried yet?
✨ How can I gain a new perspective?
✨ What tools or resources could help me?
✨ What matters most to me right now?
✨ What do I want to do differently?

You don’t have to have everything figured out today. Sometimes moving forward starts with asking yourself one different question.

At Bay Psychiatry of Wisconsin, we believe mental health care is about more than managing symptoms. It’s about helping you find greater clarity, understand yourself, and create a path forward that feels right for you. 🌊🩵

You don’t have to stay stuck.

Your pain is part of your story, but it is not your identity. 💛You are not the things that happened to you.You are not t...
08/19/2026

Your pain is part of your story, but it is not your identity. 💛

You are not the things that happened to you.
You are not the people who hurt you.
You are not your hardest days, your mistakes, your trauma, or the moments you barely made it through.

You are the person who is still here. Still growing. Still learning. Still choosing.

Healing doesn’t mean pretending the pain never existed. It means learning to hold it without allowing it to define who you are or what you believe you deserve.

You can honor what you’ve been through while creating a life that looks completely different from where you came from.

Your pain may have shaped parts of you, but you get to decide who you become. 🩷✨

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1048 Glory Road Suite A
De Pere, WI
54304

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Tuesday 9am - 2pm
Wednesday 9am - 12pm
Thursday 9am - 12pm

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