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About (contact me)Dr. Wagner, a licensed clinical psychologist with over thirty years of experience, sees therapy as a deep exploration of problems and conflicts within the safety of the therapeutic relationship. She respects her patients for their willingness to open up about painful experiences in order to work through and move beyond them. She believes we are not defined by our past, but we often must understand it in order to not repeat it. At the same time she likes to emphasize that change happens only in the present moment.
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Dr. Wagner helps individuals with a wide variety of emotional problems and diagnoses. She believes no problem is too difficult to face. This includes trauma, dissociation, psychotic symptoms, suicidal ideation and attempts, deeply entrenched depression, crippling anxiety and personality disorders. Of course, she also helps those with less severe difficulties, such as stressful upper management positions, parenting skills, behavioral management of childhood disorders and marital problems.
Dr. Wagner’s approach is best described as hopeful. She believes in herself, her patient and their combined ability to make powerful changes in the patient’s life.
Dr. Wagner is an expert in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and therapy, attachment and attachment disorders, adoption, adolescence, personality disorders, trauma and the intersection of psychology and Christianity. She treats, supervises, teaches and writes on these issues.
Dr. Wagner has been married for over 25 years and has a college-aged son. Her interests include drawing and painting, contemplative practices and travel.
Dr. Wagner’s approach is best described as hopeful. She believes in herself, her patient and their combined ability to make powerful changes in the patient’s life.
Dr. Wagner is an expert in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and therapy, attachment and attachment disorders, adoption, adolescence, personality disorders, trauma and the intersection of psychology and Christianity. She treats, supervises, teaches and writes on these issues.
Dr. Wagner has been married for over 25 years and has a college-aged son. Her interests include drawing and painting, contemplative practices and travel.
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Dr. Wagner holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and a B.A. with special honors in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Experiences |
Dr. Wagner is a Clinical Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where she has supervised doctoral candidates and taught graduate level courses since 1980.
Dr. Wagner has volunteered countless hours working with disaster victims. She was the founding chairperson of the Dallas Psychological Association’s Disaster Response Team in 1986. Since then she has responded to airplane crashes, mass shootings and natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Wagner has served the profession of psychology by holding a variety of positions, including President, Parliamentarian, Council Representative, Member-at-Large, Section of Local Chapters President, and President of Dallas Local Chapter in the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association. She has been honored for her work, particularly regarding ethical standards in the APA. She is the recipient of the Division of Psychoanalysis’ Distinguished Leadership Award, Presidential Citation, and Psychoanalysts for Social Responsibility Achievement Award. |
