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Natasha Wagner

Compassionate counselor blending practical approaches

LPC, LCPC Michigan

Experience
20 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
Approaches
Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English

About Natasha

Natasha Wagner is a Licensed Professional Counselor with two decades of experience helping people navigate life changes and relationship challenges. She brings a warm, interactive style that aims to make sessions feel practical and approachable.

Background and approach

Natasha holds LPC and LCPC credentials and works from her Michigan practice. Her pronouns are she/her.

Natasha blends several therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs rather than using a single method. She draws on Gottman Method ideas for relationship patterns, attachment-based perspectives for connection issues, and client-centered listening to keep the focus on each person’s goals.

Cognitive behavioral tools and hypnotherapy are used when they fit the situation. Her background includes a Master of Arts in Community Agency Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Western Michigan University and a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education from the same school.

She also trained as a birth and postpartum doula and completed Neuro-Linguistic Programming and hypnotherapy training in 2013. Natasha has worked with older adults in long-term care and has extensive experience supporting international high school exchange students.

She has spent years integrating multicultural awareness into her work and is a certified diversity trainer with the National Coalition Building Institute. That experience informs how she talks about identity, culture, and life transitions with clients.

Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer communication, and rebuilding routines that feel manageable. People consult her for a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, career questions, and caregiver stress.

Natasha aims to help clients reframe limiting messages and make steady progress toward the life they want.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Natasha commonly works with Gottman Method ideas to identify interaction patterns that cause conflict and to build clearer ways of communicating. Those ideas can help people spot repeating habits and practice new, small behaviors that ease tension in close relationships.

She also uses attachment-based perspectives to look at how early experiences shape connection and trust. That approach is useful for people who want to understand why they react a certain way in relationships and learn healthier ways to get needs met.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences, and adapts tools as progress is made. Decisions about techniques are made together so the plan fits the individual’s life and comfort level.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper, face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging allow for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between meetings.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleep problems, career questions, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is warm and interactive. She uses client-centered listening and combines Gottman Method ideas, attachment-based perspectives, CBT, mindfulness, and hypnotherapy where they fit each person’s goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has about 20 years of experience working as a counselor and life coach across many stages of life, including work with older adults and international students.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds LPC and LCPC credentials with Michigan and Arizona licensing noted, and she provides services from Michigan.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGrief

Also works with

Trauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Gottman MethodHypnotherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Licensed in

Michigan, Arizona

Languages

English