Counseling you and those important to you since 1975

Providing care for individuals, couples and families, within a traditional values system.

Solid Relationships

built together with you

Foster deeper, healthier connections, understanding and stronger bonds with compassionate guidance and support from our expeienced counselors.

Caring Staff

committed to high standards

Our highly trained, compassionate counselors are dedicated to providing empathetic support and guidance through your journey.

Personal Growth

through goal achievement

We help empower individuals through personalized guidance to achieve their goals, overcome challenges, and cultivate a fulfilling life.

About Us

About Us

Lee & Barb Webster

Lee Webster is the founder of the Center for Human Development (CHD). Along with his wife Barb they continue to provide both leadership and expertise to the experienced team of licensed professionals, with training in several fields of counseling, coaching, and mental health.

Each therapist at CHD is committed to upholding the highest standards of professional practice within a solid values system.

Over 50 Years

Experience

Serving thousands

of families since 1975

Services We Offer

Individual Counseling

To help you navigate life’s challenges

Through individual sessions, our counselors provide personalized one-on-one support to address emotional, psychological, and behavioral issues. By exploring personal challenges and developing coping strategies, we look to help you achieve personal growth, mental well-being, and resilience.

Family Counseling

For better parenting and relationships

Our trained counselors will work with your family situation providing guidance to improve communication, interpersonal relationships, and develop strategies for healthier interactions to enhance family harmony as well as individual well being within the family.

Childhood / Adolesent Counseling

Help for the difficult years

Child and youth counselors provide support for those experiencing emotional, behavioral, or developmental challenges such as anxiety, depression, and relationships, helping them develop coping skills and healthy habits to support their overall well-being and development.

Marriage/ Pre-Marital Counseling

For a better, more successful relationship

Relationship therapists help couples strengthen their bonds through guided discussions addressing communication skills, conflict resolution, and relationship dynamics, creating and enhancing a solid foundation for a healthy marriage and overall relationship satisfaction.

 

TESTIMONIALS

What Our Clients Say

Dr. Jeff Hinds

Pastor

The Center for Human Development (CHD) is a professional, caring, and highly competent counseling center. The staff is outstanding! Over the years, I have referred a number of clients to CHD. Time and again I have been encouraged by the excellent feedback that these referrals have provided to me about the services, insights, high-touch care, and skill of the counselors. I highly recommend CHD!

Wausau Area Business

Owner

One of my employees had nowhere to turn and was hitting “rock bottom” with suicidal tendency. The first person that came to my mind was Lee Webster and his staff. The change in this employee’s life is the best it has ever been. Lee, thanks to your team of staff for what you have done and in the future for this young life!”

Couple

Former Clients

Counseling at CHD changed our marriage & our lives. They combined their knowledge with an intensive National Program which prevented the train wreck we were headed for and gave us a marriage that we never dreamed possible.

Sam Scaffidi

Scaffidi Motors

I can’t imagine how much productivity is lost when key employees fall into emotional and family problems. CHD can help these employees by returning them to their former productivity levels and increasing their loyalty.

 

Jeff Tarras

Pastor – FCA

I have known the Center for Human Development and Lee Webster for 30 years. This professional counseling service has been my sole referral agency when people need help when life gets difficult. They have been there for me as well. The staff at CHD is the finest collection of caring professionals who often go the extra mile to make sure their clients receive top notch counseling. I highly recommend anyone who needs help to call CHD.

 

Former Client

After counseling at The Center for Human Development, I would never consider a secular counselor. Christian counseling adds a dimension that secular counseling can’t touch and it happens to be the most important for me.

 

Our Approach

Mission

Whether counseling or coaching, our experienced counselors believe that everyone’s journey encompasses growth of the whole person. We seek to travel with people on their journey toward physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual health by applying faith-based principles of Grace and Truth through education and counseling.

CHD has been my sole referral for people to go for help when life gets difficult…

Method

Our goal is to help our clients achieve their goals of personal wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability, and spiritual maturity. We strive to have a meaningful relationship with each person. From crisis intervention to Christian spiritual growth, we provide the highest quality service to the people of our community.

The counseling we received at CHD changed our lives and our marriage, helping us prevent the train wreck we were headed for…

Means

Our clinical staff are professionally licensed by the Wisconsin Deparment of Regulation and Licensing. Each provider is credentialed by most major insurance companies for reimbursement. We hold to the highest levels of confidentiality as we serve our clients.

Christian counseling adds a dimension that secular counseling can’t touch, and it happens to be the most important for me.

QUESTION

We Are Here To Answer Your Every Question

How can counseling help develop mental health?

Counseling and coaching therapy plays a pivotal role in developing mental health by providing individuals with a safe and supportive environment to explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Through terapeutic techniques, counselors help clients gain insight into their mental and emotional challenges, identify coping strategies, and develop healthier patterns of thinking and behavior, fostering resilience, self-awareness, and personal growth, and helping individuals to better manage stress and navigate life’s challenges more effectively.

How do I make an appointment?

Sessions are available in-person at our offices in Wausau and Tomahawk or virtually by TelaHealth. Please call us for more information so that we can work with you to schedule a day and time to fit your needs. Our normal business hours are hours Monday-Thursday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (715) 842-0944.

Please understand that our professional counselors are typically scheduled out several weeks in advance. It is important that you call us as soon as possible so that we can work to get you scheduled as soon as possible.

How do I pay for services online?

Currently there is not an option to pay online. Please call our main office at (715) 842-0944 or 1-800-236-3792 during business hours (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Thursday) to pay over the phone.

Your counseling therapy may be covered by your insurance. Please call our payment support staff at (715) 842-0944 to discuss the information that may be needed in order to process a claim.

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