Joseph Wagner

Joseph Wagner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with 16 years of clinical experience. He focuses on a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, self esteem, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia.

He brings a warm and empathic style to his work and emphasizes practical skill building. Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness-based methods, he supports people in examining the strategies they have been using and in learning new skills to respond to difficult thoughts and feelings. The goal of this approach is to increase psychological flexibility so that actions better align with personal values.

In sessions he collaborates with clients to expand coping tools and to reduce the influence of unwanted mental experiences on daily life. This process is intended to create more room for meaningful activity, improved functioning, and a clearer sense of purpose as clients apply new skills to the challenges they face.