James Wagner, M.Div, RCC

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  • Registered Clinical Counselor
  • 1414 Winnipeg St, Squamish, British Columbia, V8B 0C4
  • Phone: 604-996-8826
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  • Session Fees: Individuals: 50 minutes session - $140+gst; 75 minutes session - $210+gst. Couples: 50 minutes session - $150+gst 75 minutes session - $215+gst
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  • This member is also available for online counseling.
  • Online-counseling methods: Phone, Webcam


Jamesconsiders it a privilege to walk alongside people facing internal and interpersonal adversity.  Life can throw people into confusion which brings us to a place of seeking clarity through curiosity and compassion.  James never takes for granted the challenge change presents for clients and therefore brings warmth and wonder in sessions with clients.   James believes that collaboratively the client and counselor can create a real connection for healing, hope, and wholeness with an integrated approach to healing which includes other therapies addressing the whole person.  A client’s healing journey may start with physical pain or through relational suffering or inside your own emotional difficulty.  However, movement from desolation to consolation mostly happens from one person to another by working creatively through an experience of acceptance embarking on a new future. 


James has over 30 years of care giving experience from poverty to prosperity.  Out of trauma he’s witnessed hope.  From suffering he’s observed joy.  At times we need an experience of presence that gives rise to power for a promising future.  He lives in Squamish, British Columbia that prides itself as “Hardwired for Adventure” and a destination for the outdoors.  James has taken the outward adventure whether on the trails in his home town or cross culture travel in Malawi.  He has also taken the inward travel of interpersonal change walking with his own angst or that of family and friends.  He’s coached on the athletic field as well as the counseling room and while life includes competition it’s better lived collaboratively.  His favorite t-shirt says, “You can talk to be about mental health and dogs too …” 

Focus:

  •  Stress Management
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Anger
  •  Grief
  • Trauma
  • Addiction
  • Relationship Conflict (Couples / Family)
  • Pre-engagement
  • Pre-partnering/marriage
  • Mediated Planned Separation
  • Life Transitions
  • Personal Development
  • Men's Issues
  • Spiritual Issues

Benefits:

  • Emotional Connection/Regulation
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Increased Appreciation
  • Greater Self Confidence
  • Decrease Existential Pain
  • Internal Awareness
  • Partner Intimacy
  • Situational Clarity
  • Improved Mood
  • Identifiable Aspirations

Therapies:

  • Counseling: to bring clarity out of confusion with compassionate creativity to live more confidently in present day situations
  • Psychotherapy: increase awareness of past injuries to become strengthened through stress as clients face challenges
  • Person Focused: accepting care centerd on and joining with the client who knows their stories best so that they may experience change
  • Family Systems: understanding interpersonal dynamics in the family of origin, extended family, workplace or other organizational life in order to regulate and realize client’s mental health  
  • Internal Family Systems: connecting with the client’s internal system of thoughts, beliefs, emotions and experiences to live more peacefully and intentionally with self and others

Cost:

Individual Therapy

  • 50 minutes session - $140+tax
  • 75 minutes session - $210+tax

Couples Therapy

  • 50 minutes session - $150+tax
  • 75 minutes session - $215+tax

Family Therapy 


  • 75 minutes session - $225+tax

Location:

1414 Winnipeg St, Squamish, BC V8B 0C4  (604) 567-1414

Education:

·       Registered Clinical Counselor with the BC Association of Clinical Counselors (BCACC),

·       Prepare and Enrich Facilitator of pre-marital and development counseling

·       Masters of Divinity from Regent College with an emphasis on spiritual care

·       Marriage and Family Therapy continuing education from Associated Canadian Theological Schools

·       Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Ohio State University

 


James Wagner Reaches

Squamish BC