Joan Wagner, PCSW-1099, CAP, AAT

I am a provisionally licensed clinical social worker and substance abuse counselor dedicated to helping adolescents and adults alike learn to maneuver through life's challenges with mental health issues as well as addiction issues.

Joan is a woman in long term recovery who has worked within the substance abuse treatment arena and mental health setting in one capacity or another over the past 20 years. Joan graduated from the University of South Dakota with her bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences-Addiction Counseling. Joan graduated from University of Kentucky with her master’s degree in Clinical Social Work with a trauma emphasis. Joan is currently licensed in the state of Iowa as LMSW as well as in South Dakota as a LCSW and a CAC (Certified Addiction Counselor), additionally she is licensed in the state of Wyoming as a PCSW and a CAP (Certified Addiction Professional).

Joan successfully completed the certification for Animal Assisted Therapy through Concordia University, Wisconsin. Joan's dog, Taco, just passed his Canine Good Citizen test which is the next step to him becoming a registered therapy dog.

As a co-occurring therapist, Joan has worked with a number of diverse clienteles. Clientele ages ranges from adolescents 12+, professional career individuals to those who have been recently released from incarceration. Joan is committed to building valuable connections within the community in order to serve clients and their families for many years to come. Animal assisted therapy is just one of the many therapeutic interventions that Joan is passionate about. Additionally, Joan assists clients through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), client centered therapy, and motivational interviewing. Joan helps guide clients through many of life’s challenges and mental health struggles such as substance abuse, depression, anxiety, complicated grief, PTSD, bi-polar disorders, ADHD, OCD, borderline personality disorder as well as schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Joan helps not only individuals but families and couples in therapy.

Although her professional life is very full, Joan and her husband find time to spend with their horses, dogs, children and grandchildren. Spending as much time outside enjoying the beauty that Wyoming has to offer. It’s amazing to vacation where you live!!!