John D. Schuetze

Treatment Focus:

Specializes in grief, loss, and trauma counseling as well as marriage and family therapy.

Bio:

John D. Schuetze joined Christian Family Solutions in 2010. He received his MS in Professional Counseling from Concordia University–Wisconsin. He also holds an MDiv from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and a DMin from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he wrote his doctoral project on Cross-Cultural Concerns in Pastoral Grief Care. He is a certified facilitator for the PREPARE/ENRICH premarital and marital reflection assessment, and a certified instructor for both the Couple Communication Program and the ThriveSphere marital reflection tool.

John has over 40 years of experience in pastoral counseling. He served as a parish pastor for 15 years before joining the faculty of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1997 as a professor of pastoral counseling. He also served as a campus counselor and consultant until his retirement from teaching in 2024.

John uses a mix of cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-focused therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally focused therapy as he strives to equip clients with the best tools for recovery and healing. He has also been trained in the Gottman Method for couples therapy.