Natasha Wagner

Natasha Wagner is a Licensed Professional Counselor with two decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, and life transitions. She works in a warm, interactive style and combines several approaches to match each person's needs. Her pronouns are she/her and she practices from Michigan. Before counseling, Natasha earned a B.A. in Early Childhood Education from Western Michigan University and taught at preschool and early elementary levels. She also trained as a birth and postpartum doula, which informs her understanding of perinatal and parenting concerns. Her M.A. in Community Agency Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy is also from Western Michigan University. Natasha has practiced across the lifespan, including five years offering counseling to residents in long-term care facilities. She holds LPC and LCPC credentials - Licensed Professional Counselor in Michigan and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Arizona - and brings roughly 20 years of direct counseling and coaching experience to her work. Her approach blends Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, the Gottman Method, hypnotherapy, mindfulness, and elements of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. She adapts tools based on what a person needs in session and uses coaching skills when helpful to set and track goals. She has also focused on multicultural work, serving international high school exchange students for 12 years and training as a diversity facilitator. Clients can expect a practical, down-to-earth style that looks at patterns, relationships, and small steps toward change.

How Natasha’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they connect with others and try different ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room and follows their pace, offering reflection and support rather than directive advice. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises and small experiments that can be done between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Natasha reviews goals and preferences with each person and combines methods that fit their needs. She explores what feels most useful and adjusts the plan as work progresses so the therapy stays practical and goal-oriented.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use tools like worksheets, guided mindfulness, and behavioral experiments between meetings to support change in everyday routines.