Dr. Ssempijja Immigrated to the U.S. from Uganda. He is a licensed psychologist with 33 years of experience and a licensed mental health and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) service provider in Milwaukee, WI. With funding from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, the clinic operates the Refugee Mental Health Program (RMHP), which provides comprehensive, bilingual, and bicultural refugee-specific services, including mental health and substance abuse treatment, case management, and supportive services. The clinic utilizes a variety of trauma-informed intervention modalities, along with supportive services that include psychoeducation, outreach, assessments, referral and triages, case management, interpretation, and consultations.

Through the RMHP, he and his fellow clinicians serve refugees & asylees from Southeast Asia (Hmong, Burmese), the Middle East (Iraqis, Pakistani, Iranians, Palestinians), East Africa (Sudanese, Eritreans, Ethiopians); West Africa (Congolese, Liberians), the Balkans (Bosnians, Croatians, Serbians), the former Soviet Union, and the Caribbean. Dr. Ssempijja has expertise/experience in research and evaluation such as community mental health service delivery, substance use disorders, gender-based violence, human trafficking, psychopharmacology, crisis services, child abuse, immigration procedures, and legal issues related to immigration status.