Rachel Wagner

Rachel Wagner, LPC, MA

Rachel Wagner is a psychotherapist with over 14 years of experience.  It is Rachel’s belief that seeking out counseling services is a brave and proactive way to improve one’s quality of life. Rachel strives to tailor all of her clients’ therapeutic journeys to their respective individual hopes, goals, and needs to leave them feeling more complete, joyful, and with a greater understanding of themselves than prior to entering therapy.  Rachel aims to create a warm, kind, inclusive, and safe therapeutic space that is free of judgment and open to what the client brings to each session. Rachel particularly enjoys working with clients through transitional periods in their life. Rachel aims to help process shifts that are taking place and how to find roots and grounding in the next steps, whether it be a developmental or lifestyle transition, a vocational change, starting a parenting journey, the empty nest phase, divorce, or recovering from a loss.

Rachel uses a client-centered and strength-based approach to treatment, working with clients to achieve their therapeutic goals. Rachel joins the client where they are at and aims to meet their therapeutic needs whether that be processing and healing from past challenges or traumas, or working towards positive change. Rachel works with clients to reduce emotional pain and work towards joy and fulfillment.

Education

Rachel received a BA in psychology from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee during which time she focused on elements of health psychology as well as working with neurodivergent populations. Rachel went on to receive her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Cardinal Stritch University during which time Rachel focused on factors that contribute to and create traits of resilience as well as completed an internship working with individuals, couples, and families. She holds licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, in the state of Wisconsin and maintains regular clinical supervision and professional development to enhance the quality of her work.

Experience

Rachel worked in an outpatient community mental health clinic for 13 years. Rachel worked with children, adolescents, and adults spanning from young adulthood to late life counseling. Rachel worked with clients struggling with a wide variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, trauma, divorce, grief and loss, ADHD, perfectionism, and low self-esteem. Rachel spent time consulting in schools and organizing groups to help improve self-esteem and reduce bullying behavior. Rachel has facilitated the Kids in the Middle® groups as well as grief groups. Rachel was recognized with the Ann Agulnick Young Professional Award in 2019 from the Women’s philanthropy board at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation.

Specialties

  • Anxiety

  • Parenting challenges

  • Depression

  • The impact of high-conflict divorce

  • CBT therapy 

  • Life transitions

  • Grief and loss

  • Clinical therapy

  • Holistic therapy

  • Women’s issues

Other reasons you might seek Rachel’s support would be to:

  • Find grounding during times of uncertainty

  • Process feelings of grief and loss including of a loved one, a pet, a vocation, an identity, a marriage

  • Work through understanding more about yourself and your behaviors and how that connects with your past

  • Process challenges associated with parenting

  • Reduce anxious thoughts and feelings and establish positive coping methods to use in times of increased stress

  • Improve the quality of your relationships

  • Find joy within yourself and increase self-love

  • Find a space of acceptance and confidence when entering new stages of life

Chat with Rachel today

Phone: 414.212.5609
Email: rachel@glasslakemke.com