Robert Wagner
Experienced psychologist focused on practical change
- Credentials
- MN Psychologist LP4010
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Robert
Robert Wagner is a licensed psychologist in Minnesota with two decades of experience. He practices with a person-centered approach that treats each client as the expert on their life. He brings warmth, curiosity, and plainspoken honesty to conversations about stress, addiction, grief, depression, and family issues.
Robert uses practical tools so clients can practice changes between sessions and notice steady progress. He believes people want to feel better about themselves and can solve many of their problems.
Background and approach
Sometimes solving problems involves others, and he helps clients learn when to reach out. Robert values clear goals and realistic expectations alongside compassion. He aims to help people accept themselves while learning skills to manage difficult feelings.
Robert has 20 years of documented experience working in mental health, chemical health, and disability services. His background includes supervision and management in settings serving people with intellectual disabilities and co-occurring disorders. That experience informs his work with trauma, life transitions, and relapse prevention.
In sessions he draws on evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. He matches techniques to each person’s needs and focuses on building useful habits and coping skills. Robert balances encouragement with honest feedback when it serves the person’s growth.
Outside of clinical work he is engaged with family and community life and enjoys reading and sports. He also brings personal experience with disability and recovery, which influences his perspective on loss, resilience, and long-term change.
Approaches that translate well to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client’s lead. The therapist offers empathy, acceptance, and guidance while the person sets the pace and goals. This approach helps when clients need a supportive space to sort out values, purpose, and family concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses simple exercises and homework to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, sleep problems, and many everyday challenges.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. It can help people manage strong emotions and improve relationships by practicing specific techniques over time.
Finding the right method is a collaborative process. He will help figure out which approaches fit the client’s goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Therapy is paced to the person’s needs and can blend methods when that makes sense.
Online work makes scheduling more flexible. Video calls let conversations feel close to in-person sessions, while phone, live chat, or text-based messaging can suit busy days or people who prefer written check-ins. These options allow ongoing support and easier access to tools and homework between meetings.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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